WAMU / American Graduate Series
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The topic - education. WAMU's education reporting has been generously supported in-part by the Corporation For Public Broadcasting.
These stories are part of the American Graduate: Let's Make It Happen initiative.
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The decision to pass or fail a chronically absent or unprepared student is often placed in the hands of teachers. As a recent WAMU and NPR investig...
- Added: Apr 29, 2018
- Length: 04:07
The roughly 3,700 Maryland students who participated in the Polar Plunge raised more than $367,000 for the state’s Special Olympics athletes.
- Added: Apr 29, 2018
- Length: 02:37
D.C. Public Schools has boasted a rapidly improving graduation rate for the last seven years, but a report this week threw cold water on that claim...
- Added: Apr 29, 2018
- Length: 02:47
Students at a Montgomery County school are learning how to understand the stock market. They’re learning different investment strategies, how to re...
- Added: Apr 29, 2018
- Length: 03:38
Schools are seeing a lot of excitement among African-American students about the new Black Panther movie. At Truesdell Education Campus, a student ...
- Added: Apr 29, 2018
- Length: 03:45
D.C. Public School parents who took the floor at a City Council education committee public oversight hearing on Wednesday called for more action, a...
- Added: Apr 29, 2018
- Length: 03:06
New DCPS Interim Chancellor Amanda Alexander says showing parents that the central office is engaged will be key to moving DCPS forward.
- Added: Apr 29, 2018
- Length: 01:18
Since a D.C. Public School audit revealed a third of last year’s graduates were given diplomas despite not meeting requirements, the school distric...
- Added: Apr 29, 2018
- Length: 04:03
Students in Thurgood Marshall Academy’s Peer Court class are part of a new program that uses restorative justice techniques to handle discipline is...
- Added: Apr 29, 2018
- Length: 04:55
A new program called DC Keys is a partnership with Washington Performing Arts and teaches elementary students the basics of playing the piano.
- Added: Apr 29, 2018
- Length: 03:28
The Kelly Miller Step Team is the only competitive middle school step team in DCPS. They compete against other middle school teams in the region, a...
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