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
Before students at Washington Latin Public Charter School in Northwest D.C. left for summer break, their principal announced an unusual summer chal...
- Added: Apr 29, 2018
- Length: 06:05
Over the past five years, D.C. Public Schools have reduced suspensions by around 40 percent — but some schools fail to report suspensions accurately.
- Added: Apr 29, 2018
- Length: 03:30
The long-awaited eclipse brought thousands of people - including students - outside in Washington, and even the skeptics agreed it was a fascinatin...
- Added: Apr 29, 2018
- Length: 02:39
Many low-income families depend on a free breakfasts and lunches to feed their kids during the school year, but it can be difficult for them to aff...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Apr 29, 2018
- Length: 03:46
- Purchases: 1
Of D.C. public and charter school students, 26 percent are considered chronically absent. They’ve missed more than 10 days of school in a single ye...
- Added: Apr 29, 2018
- Length: 02:08
Many low-income students and their families struggle in the summer months to balance work and childcare and that can make it hard to fit in reading...
- Added: Apr 29, 2018
- Length: 04:15
For many adults in Washington trying to earn a high school diploma, the biggest hurdle in completing their education isn’t the coursework — it’s ge...
- Added: Apr 29, 2018
- Length: 03:58
At Turner Elementary School in Southeast D.C., Torren Cooper is the only male of color who works directly in the classroom, even though the student...
- Added: Apr 29, 2018
- Length: 05:28
After a few high-profile child abuse cases involving school employees during the 2015-2016 school year, Prince George’s County Schools strengthened...
- Added: Apr 29, 2018
- Length: 04:07
Southeast D.C. resident Gary Jones is no fan of President Donald Trump. “I have major, major, major issues with this administration,” he says. But ...
- Added: Apr 29, 2018
- Length: 04:13