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WAMU 88.5 FM is the leading public radio station for NPR news and information in the greater Washington D.C. area. It is member-supported, professionally-staffed, and licensed to American University. Since 1961, WAMU has provided programming to a growing audience that now totals more than 450,000 listeners in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia.

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The topic - education. WAMU's education reporting has been generously supported in-part by the Corporation For Public Broadcasting.

  • From: WAMU
  • Updated: Apr 29, 2018
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As a part of the American Graduate program, Kavitha Cardoza, WAMU 88.5 education reporter, examines the dropout crisis in D.C.

  • From: WAMU
  • Updated: Aug 08, 2012
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Special programming from WAMU in Washington D.C.

  • From: WAMU
  • Updated: Mar 02, 2021

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An hour-long radio special available to all public radio stations. This special program features selected portions of the Through The Cracks podcas...

Bought by Iowa Public Radio, KUT, New Hampshire Public Radio, WITF, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Mar 02, 2021
  • Length: 51:26
  • Purchases: 21
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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...

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Apr 29, 2018
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 1
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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