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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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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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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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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...

Bought by NPR Illinois


  • Added: Aug 14, 2012
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 1
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 13, 2012
  • Length: 09:40
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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
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Women's votes are crucial to any candidate -- in fact, women can control any election. What are their priorities?

  • Added: Aug 07, 2012
  • Length: 28:32
Caption: Joan Blades/Mary Robinson
Mother's Day is celebrated in the in May, and mothers are now becoming a political force. Female political leaders can leverage their concerns at ...

Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: May 18, 2012
  • Length: 56:49
  • Purchases: 1
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Ashok Vasudevan has what it takes to build commercially viable and socially responsible global companies. Tasty Bite, an all-natural, ready-to-eat ...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2011
  • Length: 31:05
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Is Bernie Madoff a monster or is it easier than you might think to slip over the line? Diana B. Henriques explores the ethical questions raised by ...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2011
  • Length: 34:20
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Scott Belsky believes that the greatest breakthroughs across all industries come from creative people and that teams are especially productive. So ...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Apr 18, 2011
  • Length: 24:01
  • Purchases: 1
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"We live in an age in which it is effortless to telecommunicate across the globe, in which we could all just dial in from some sylvan suburb," says...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Apr 12, 2011
  • Length: 29:17
  • Purchases: 1
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Women and girls are a powerful accelerator for change, says Nike Foundation's Swan Paik. By allowing girls to fall through irreversible trap doors ...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Mar 25, 2011
  • Length: 30:32
  • Purchases: 1
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Everyone knows that the only real solution to piracy in the Indian Ocean is to stabilize Somalia and revive its economy, says Merchant Marine Capta...

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  • Added: Mar 07, 2011
  • Length: 24:31
  • Purchases: 1