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"Flowcabulary" and other lessons from a special education teacher
From: KALW
Caption: Stevie Evans with her students
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
Diana Diaries, Part 3: Putting ninth graders on a path to graduation in Oakland
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - Diana Diaries
Caption: Student teacher Diana Arbas in her classroom
Diana Arbas has been retracing the ups and downs of teaching ninth graders at Oakland High School. In her first semester she was guided by a mentor...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2013
  • Length: 09:40
Diana Diaries, Part 2: A teacher's first year in Oakland
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - Diana Diaries
Caption: Student teacher Diana Arbas in her classroom
Diana, 27, is learning to lead in the classroom with the help of her Coordinating Teacher, or CT. She has felt a sense of responsibility to her stu...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2013
  • Length: 07:50
Diana Diaries, Part 1: A lesson in teaching from a first-time instructor
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Student teacher Diana Arbas in her classroom
This is Diana’s radio diary of her first year teaching at Oakland High in a ninth grade English class. You’ll hear what was challenging and what wa...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2013
  • Length: 11:05
IOU: Stories of Student Debt
From: Radio - Columbia College Chicago
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Is college really worth it? Student producers delve into this issue in a half-hour program about the student debt crisis. Radio Documentary student...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: May 18, 2013
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
Do the Math
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Civil rights activist Bob Moses famously helped organize a voter registration drive in Mississippi that changed the political landscape for the bla...

Bought by WJCT, KRZA, and KVLU


  • Added: Apr 15, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The New Development Academy Schedule: Boon or Bust?
From: Matt Kauffman
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A new schedule for the nation's most competitive youth soccer league requires its male players to miss out on the high school soccer season. The US...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2012
  • Length: 06:58
Fighting Homophobia in the Classroom
From: Anny Celsi
Caption: The cast of Creating Bias-Free Classrooms, Credit: Gloria Juang
Teens in Los Angeles use live theater to battle homophobia in the classroom.

Bought by WHFR, XRAY.fm, KRZA, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 04, 2012
  • Length: 06:06
  • Purchases: 4
Bullying Forces One Student Into Homeschooling
From: Georgia Public Broadcasting
Series: Bullying in Georgia Schools
Caption: Jaheem Herrera
: Public school students and parents are seeing some changes this year in the way their schools handle bullying. That’s because of a law passed by...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Jan 24, 2012
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 1
Don’t Lecture Me: Rethinking the Way College Students Learn
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: College students in a Maryland science class. Some professors are abandoning the traditional lecture because research suggests it's not very effective, but lecture classes are still common. , Credit: Emily Hanford
Most college students spend a lot of time listening to lectures. But research shows there are better ways to learn. (9/1/2011)

Bought by WUFT, WMUU-LP, KPIP-LP, WTIP, KZYX and more


  • Added: Sep 01, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
School Choice by Jerry Cruz and Allison Albrecht of Radio Arte and Y-Press
From: YouthCast
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Reporters Jerry Cruz and Allison Albrecht follow students' motivations and decision processes in finding which Chicago public school's style best f...

Bought by WGXC


  • Added: Apr 28, 2011
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 1
Floating School
From: michal rahfaldt
Series: COP16 Youth Voices from Africa
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Two teenagers from western Zambia embark on a journey across the river to visit schools in the flood plain. After seeing the serious challenges stu...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Dec 19, 2010
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 1
Middle School students train on professional animation software
From: Lillian Mongeau
Caption: The beginnings of an animation project by Claremont student Amir Rashid., Credit: Peter Heckel
At Claremont Middle School in Oakland, Calif., students learn the ropes of computer animation at a young age. Their teacher hopes this will qualify...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2010
  • Length: 04:15
Communist Camp
From: Joanna Stein
Caption: how to wear a gas mask
One Czech high school teaches students what it was like to live under a communist regime.

Bought by PRX Remix and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 28, 2010
  • Length: 05:21
  • Purchases: 2
Teen Comedy Academy
From: Andrew Hiller
Series: Andrew Hiller's News Features
Caption: Comedy Academy Cast, Credit: Courtesy of Harry Bagdasian
For fifteen years, the Comedy Academy of Silver Spring has been teaching the art of comedy. Working with students ranging from 12- 18 including ch...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2010
  • Length: 07:07
Finding a Voice in New Orleans
From: Learning Matters
Series: Paul Vallas in New Orleans
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Deputy Superintendent Michael Haggen discusses how new programs are helping students in New Orleans' alternative schools develop a voice.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2010
  • Length: 05:06
Start The Adventure in Reading
From: Julia Botero
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A New Orleans non-profit tutors second graders in reading

  • Added: Mar 29, 2010
  • Length: 03:15
Financial Dreamers at New York’s High School of Economics and Finance
From: Youth Radio
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Rachel Krantz reports from New York City's High School of Economics and Finance where low-income students prepare for careers on Wall Street.

Bought by KUOW and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 10, 2010
  • Length: 04:27
  • Purchases: 2
Episode one
From: Adam Hochberg
Series: Campus Edition
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Pilot episode of "Campus Edition"

  • Added: Nov 11, 2009
  • Length: 23:12
School on Wheels
From: Leslie Griffin
Series: Los Angeles features
Caption: school on wheels logo, Credit: www.schoolonwheels.org
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
Learn to Earn: The Story of Josh Ackley
From: Learning Matters
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The newest, hottest idea in school reform seems to be paying students to learn. Is it a good idea, or a way to avoid tackling the tough issues? We ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 30, 2008
  • Length: 06:56
  • Purchases: 1
A College Education for Americans
From: The humble Farmer
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There is a college education out there available for you

  • Added: May 23, 2008
  • Length: 02:05
Learning is Natural, School is Optional
From: Deb Krumholz
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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...

Bought by WDBM and WTJU


  • Added: Nov 30, 2007
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 2
Desegregation in Chicago Public Schools
From: Minhal Baig
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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
Live and Learn
From: [redacted] [redacted]
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News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and KGOU


  • Added: May 23, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2