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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
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
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
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
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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A growing number of state legislatures are using driving privileges as an incentive to keep students from dropping out of high school. States' laws...
- Added: Aug 14, 2012
- Length: 07:20
Part of the American Graduate project addressing the country's high school dropout crisis, Ray Suarez and former Deputy Secretary of Education Dian...
- Added: Aug 13, 2012
- Length: 09:40
Hoping to stem a high school dropout crisis, one Texas superintendent is luring many students back to school by giving them a taste of college cour...
- Added: Aug 13, 2012
- Length: 08:00
As part of the NewsHour's American Graduate series, correspondent Spencer Michels reports on Techbridge, an after-school program based in Oakland, ...
- Added: Aug 13, 2012
- Length: 09:42
Victor Rios says he has lived two lifetimes. In his first, he was a gang member, juvenile delinquent and high school dropout. Now, he's a sociology...
- Added: Aug 13, 2012
- Length: 08:54
Photographer and University of California, Santa Barbara professor Richard Ross has spent five years documenting juvenile detention facilities thro...
- Added: Aug 13, 2012
- Length: 05:46
In Shelbyville, Ind., Melissa Lakes and the Student Achievement Center provide at-risk students with technology-enhanced hands-on learning. But it ...
- Added: Aug 13, 2012
- Length: 08:56
How does violence affect students' ability to learn? That's what eighth-grader De'Qonton Davis and his classmates set out to investigate as part of...
- Added: Aug 13, 2012
- Length: 09:04
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 13, 2012
- Length: 09:40
Part of the American Graduate project addressing the country's high school dropout crisis, teachers across the nation have weighed in at town halls...
- Added: Aug 13, 2012
- Length: 11:11
Can MBAs be held to "do no harm" standards similar to those of MDs? The MBA Oath was created by a group of Class of 2009 Graduates of Harvard Busin...
Bought by KFOK-LPFM
- Added: Mar 07, 2011
- Length: 26:40
- Purchases: 1
dialogue is an award-winning television and radio program that explores the world of ideas through weekly, half-hour conversations with renowned pu...
- Added: Mar 17, 2010
- Length: 30:00
Are the annual Rainbow Gatherings, on National Forest Land each Fourth of July, just free-wheeling havens for hippies or are they serious experimen...
Bought by KUOW, KXOT Public Radio, KUNM, and KXOT Public Radio
- Added: Aug 26, 2009
- Length: 59:02
- Purchases: 4
This edition of Peace Talks Radio explores how promoting compassion to animals and all living things may help young people and adults become more c...
Bought by Radio Catskill, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, WGDR, and KDUR
- Added: Sep 01, 2008
- Length: 28:58
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This edition of Peace Talks Radio explores how promoting compassion to animals and all living things may help young people and adults become more c...
Bought by KUOW, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUOW, KXOT Public Radio, and KXOT Public Radio
- Added: Aug 27, 2008
- Length: 58:25
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This documentary shows how students in small town schools suffer because of the way Illinois funds its public schools.
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- Added: May 23, 2006
- Length: 26:37
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Find out " Why America's 20-30 Somethings Can't Get Ahead" with Tamara Draut author of Strapped mixed with music
- Added: Mar 29, 2006
- Length: 07:11
The Diary of a First Year Teacher, "Educating Esme." One hour of a five-hour series of first-person portraits.
Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KUER, WFAE, KPIK-LP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more
- Added: Sep 07, 2003
- Length: 59:03
- Purchases: 19
