WAMU
- Call Letters: WAMU
- Frequency: 88.5
- http://wamu.org
- Networks: Guns & America, Reveal, and American Public Media
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.
Series
31 Pieces
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
20 Pieces
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
- From: WAMU
- Updated: Mar 02, 2021
Latest Pieces
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
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 prospect that a D.C. high school ignored widespread student absenteeism even as it touted a 100 percent college acceptance rate among graduates...
- Added: Apr 29, 2018
- Length: 04:06
If Ballou High School’s administrators had followed D.C. Public School’s grading and attendance policies, 64 percent of the class of 2017 wouldn’t ...
- Added: Apr 29, 2018
- Length: 04:10
“They’re worried about dropping out of school," said Ballou parent Taunya Martin of the school's administration. "They need to be worried about the...
- Added: Apr 29, 2018
- Length: 03:29
Dozens of middle and high school students in D.C. recently got the opportunity to share ways they would solve the problems in their communities at ...
- Added: Apr 29, 2018
- Length: :39
According to Center for Disease Control statistics, drowning is the second-leading cause of unintentional injury death among children 1-14 years ol...
- Added: Apr 29, 2018
- Length: 04:23
Just 12 percent of public classrooms across the country report they don’t have a Wi-Fi connection that supports all students — a number the Federal...
- Added: Apr 29, 2018
- Length: 03:45
Students at KIPP DC College Prep in Northeast D.C. walk out the front doors of their high school to arguably one of the best views of downtown D.C....
- Added: Apr 29, 2018
- Length: 03:45
The first day of school is an exciting time for students, but parents in Prince George’s County are hoping this year will be better than previous o...
- Added: Apr 29, 2018
- Length: 04:26
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