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Carol Paine-McGovern and Shatawn Brigham, Kent School Services Network.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 15:09
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Emily Loeks, Director of Community Affairs, Celebration! Cinema.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 16:10
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Kimberly Jordan, Development Director at WFSS is in the studio talking about the T$ Project.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 08:28
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Interview with Sheri Strickland, President of NCEA, discussing concerns with education reform in 2011.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 11:35
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Genoa McNeil, Assistant Director of Admissions and Fayetteville State University and Branton Church, Admissions Counsellor speak about their effort...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 08:51
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Claire Abdel-Malak, community outreach coordinator for Cumberland International Early College High School is interviewed about the intriguing metho...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 05:27
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Former students receive salaried training inside many of Colorado's white-collar companies as an alternative to difficult home settings.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2012
  • Length: 06:51
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KUVO explores the unique challenges facing at-risk Native American students.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2012
  • Length: 08:37
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KUVO's American Graduate program visits two Colorado charter schools that serve at-risk youth and give students the opportunity to return to school...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2012
  • Length: 07:29
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KUVO details the obstacles and struggles that often cause students to drop out.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2012
  • Length: 05:37
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KSJD's Melissa Betrone talks with new Montezuma-Cortez School District Superintendent Alex Carter about his background, his views on education, and...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 22:46
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KSJD's Jeff Pope talks with RE- 1 Interim Superintendent Mary Rubadeau and School Board Member Pete Montano about the board's decision to go back t...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 27:27
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KSJD's Jeff Pope talks with Interim RE-1 School District Superintendent Mary Rubadeau about her views on academic metrics, her goals as interim sup...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 28:49
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Jeff and Gail talk with two Dolores High School students and the Dolores School District Superintendent about how their education compares to stude...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 26:41
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For Lincoln native Alex Pickerel, the reasons for dropping out of high school went beyond merely not liking school. A series of bad turns in his li...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2012
  • Length: 05:21
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Nebraska Legislation LB800 combats truancy.

  • Added: Aug 14, 2012
  • Length: 05:49
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High school dropouts like Alex Pickerel return to high school for career training and GED prep courses.

  • Added: Aug 14, 2012
  • Length: 05:43
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In New Orleans, the city with the most public charter schools in the nation, individual charters’ standards of discipline can vary widely. Sharon L...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2012
  • Length: 06:35
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Education Secretary Arne Duncan has called Detroit, where four out of 10 children don't graduate from high school, "arguably, the worst school dist...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2012
  • Length: 09:01
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One city's struggle to regain its economic footing is also tied to significant problems in its schools. Jeffrey Brown reports from Reading, Pa., as...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2012
  • Length: 10:27
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Special correspondent John Tulenko reports from Indiana, where a voucher program allows families to choose religious schools, charter schools and p...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2012
  • Length: 11:20
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Teachers are struggling to find solutions to the high school dropout crisis plaguing the nation. As part of our American Graduate Project series, G...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2012
  • Length: 07:47
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As part of our American Graduate focus on teachers, testing and accountability, Ray Suarez moderated a discussion with several New York public scho...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2012
  • Length: 06:16
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Trying to entice wayward students back to class in Las Vegas, Chaparral High School Principal David Wilson led teams into communities to knock on d...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2012
  • Length: 07:57
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Students with learning differences are twice as likely as their peers to drop out of high school, according to the National Center for Learning Dis...

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  • Added: Aug 14, 2012
  • Length: 09:56
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