KERA YEARBOOK: An American Graduate Project

Series produced by KERA

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Students from high schools across North Texas are featured in a new series, KERA Yearbook: An American Graduate Project. These stories cover a variety of topics including: testing, bullying, financial aid, truancy, sports, etc.

Producer Dianna Douglas works with students from Dubiski Career High School, Polytechnic High School and other North Texas schools. Students are given the opportunity to work on radio pieces and web stories that showcase their voices.


10 Pieces

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For every exasperated teacher who feels like students have become surgically attached to smartphones, a new study from the Pew Research Center conf...

  • Added: May 11, 2015
  • Length: 02:55
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The federal government announced last week that it is investigating Dallas County for how it arrests and prosecutes students who miss school. More ...

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  • Added: Apr 20, 2015
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 1
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Suspending rowdy students has long been a popular way for schools to keep order in their classrooms. New research shows that this punishment is cou...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2015
  • Length: 03:19
Caption: Teresa Kigugawa wraps ice on senior Oscar Castro's calves at Bryan Adams HS in Dallas ISD, Credit: Dianna Douglas
The Dallas Independent School District was recently commended by the National Athletic Trainers Association and the Youth Sports Safety Alliance fo...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2015
  • Length: 03:33
Caption: Ashley Flores (left) and her mother, Juana Flores, Credit: Dianna Douglas
High school seniors are told early and often to fill out a free application for federal student aid - typically called a FAFSA - to help them pay f...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2015
  • Length: 03:21
Caption: Polytechnic High School students, Credit: Christina Ulsh
Teenagers are heavy users of social media that keeps their thoughts, actions, and whereabouts private, a stark reversal from five years ago when th...

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  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 02:49
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Ashley Black, Credit: Christina Ulsh/KERANews
Almost 90 percent of high school students in Texas graduate from high school, although there is large variation by race, ethnicity, family income, ...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2014
  • Length: 02:31
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Going off to college seems like the American dream for first-generation, low-income students. But not if they drop out with loads of debt a few yea...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2014
  • Length: 03:52
Caption: Aubrey High School students, Credit: Christina Ulsh/KERA News
Texas passed its Dream Act 13 years ago and became the first state to allow immigrant kids to pay in-state tuition at public universities. But it d...

  • Added: Nov 18, 2014
  • Length: 02:48
Caption: Margaret Gutierez, Credit: Christina Ulsh/KERA News
Texas schools are required by law to protect students from bullying, ever since the Texas Legislature passed a bullying and cyber-bullying bill in ...

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  • Added: Nov 18, 2014
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 1