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Facing "Facing Forward"
From: Civic Commons
Caption: www.theciviccommons.com
How do you scale effective urban education in an age of desperate noneducational schools?

  • Added: Nov 20, 2011
  • Length: 28:30
Michelle Rhee--Meet Eileen Sweeney
From: Civic Commons
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A local educator and union activist responds to the recent comments of national education reformer who recently spoke at the City Club of Cleveland...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2011
  • Length: 28:31
Some College, No Degree: Why So Many Americans Drop Out of College, and What to Do About It
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: A student picks up new job skills at the Tennessee Technology Center in Murfreesboro, a technical school where many people who have quit college go to improve their chances in an increasingly competitive economy. , Credit: Doug Strickland
37 million Americans are college dropouts. What wlll it take to get them back? (8/25/2011)

Bought by WMUU-LP, WTIP, KWIT, and NPR Illinois


  • Added: Aug 26, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Tackling literacy without any government support
From: Changing Gears
Series: Changing Gears: Remaking the Manufacturing Belt
Caption: Open Books program director Anna Piepmeyer and second grader Jayla Mercado. , Credit: Niala Boodhoo
Some nonprofits in the region that rely on government funding are in trouble. As a result, many are now looking at how they can get other sources o...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2011
  • Length: 03:14
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
Changes to Tuition Rules Could Hurt Small, Private Schools
From: Ethan Lindsey
Caption: PRX default Piece image
How will it affect Reed when Stanford, Ivy League Schools Drop Tuition

  • Added: Apr 20, 2008
  • Length: 03:35
Disabled But Able
From: Jennifer Neeley
Caption: PRX default Piece image
For the disabled, the weakened economy has lead to layoffs, rejection and difficulty achieving or maintaining independence. Centers like the one in...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 02, 2007
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 1