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In this podcast we explore the issues facing young mothers and women expecting babies, the changing trend of abortion and how pornography is having...
- Added: Oct 09, 2019
- Length: 30:53
Maine's children receive grossly inadequate services from Child Protective Services. Three have been murdered or had a perpetrator convicted in Mai...
- Added: Mar 08, 2018
- Length: 06:52
His box of crayons on his desk inspired Drew's first book, "The Day the Crayons Quit." His parents' generosity served as the bedrock for his latest...
Bought by KCMJ Community Radio
- Added: Sep 18, 2015
- Length: 09:59
- Purchases: 1
Every year, over the course of a weekend, San Francisco’s Civic Center is transformed into a giant playground.
- Added: Mar 11, 2015
- Length: 06:59
Oakland schools have a dropout rate that’s higher than the state average. So, the district made solving the problem a priority. Officials started t...
- Added: Jan 13, 2015
- Length: 06:18
With the start of a new school year, families all around San Francisco are sending their children off with hopes for a good year and a bright futur...
- Added: Nov 28, 2014
- Length: 04:00
- Added: Nov 06, 2014
- Length: 03:58
- Purchases: 1
In 1999 Rachel Scott was the first student to be killed in the massacre at Columbine High School. Her death prompted the creation of a national sch...
Bought by KUOW
- Added: Oct 27, 2014
- Length: 04:14
- Purchases: 1
Natasha Mahia, a student at El Dorado elementary school in Visitacion Valley, is one of ROCK’s biggest fans. ROCK stands for Real Options for City ...
- Added: Oct 16, 2014
- Length: 04:37
Why do we give back? Many reasons. To help the community. To help others. To feel good about ourselves. If you ask 100 people why they give, t...
- Added: Apr 23, 2014
- Length: 25:31
People working on bullying talk about how the culture of a school must change.
- Added: Sep 20, 2013
- Length: 04:03
In 2010, we brought you a whole show focused on ADHD and its effects. We spoke with four San Francisco teenagers living with ADHD about how they ma...
- Added: Sep 02, 2013
- Length: 11:24
Special education is no stranger to California news. This past winter, a special education teacher in Oakland was accused of beating one of her stu...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Jun 22, 2013
- Length: 10:23
- Purchases: 2
After asking for more oversight legislation in 2006, a recent report shows some of Colorado's online k-12 schools are still trailing behind. As Gra...
- Added: Aug 03, 2009
- Length: 06:39
School on Wheels is a non-profit program located in Los Angeles which pairs volunteer tutors to homeless students.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and CKMO
- Added: Mar 11, 2009
- Length: 03:09
- Purchases: 3
A discussion with the founder of a self-directed learning center for teens who challenges the conventional wisdom that we must all graduate from hi...
- Added: Nov 30, 2007
- Length: 09:58
- Purchases: 2
In 1980, Chicago Public Schools was placed under a desegregation consent decree. Now, in the aftermath of the Supreme Court decision for PICS v. Se...
Bought by WXLV-FM
- Added: Aug 15, 2007
- Length: 10:16
- Purchases: 1
Springs kids head to Louisiana to help clean up
- Added: Nov 22, 2005
- Length: 10:23
