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High School Music, Y’all
From: Wind & Rhythm
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On this episode of Wind & Rhythm we mark the beginning of the school year with pieces performed by very talented high school ensembles, featuring m...

Bought by WILL, KMFA, WQCS, GCR (Global Community Radio), Interlochen Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2022
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 12
70 Million: Where Juvenile Detention Looks More Like Hanging Out
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Paul Hancock, Hannah Wilkinson and Victor Chavez stand in front of basketball hoops outside of The Loft, St. Johns, Ariz., Credit: Photo Credit_ Amy Martin
There’s a place in rural St. Johns, Arizona, where teens who have encounters with officers of the law can play pool, make music, and get mentored i...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Nov 17, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Every Child in the Woods
From: Elia Powers
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Nature-based preschools are becoming increasingly popular. A school director in Seattle explains why children benefit from time in the woods.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 21, 2020
  • Length: 05:50
  • Purchases: 1
WoodSongs 938: Young Thumbs with special guest Tommy Emmanuel
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Tommy Emmanuel and young Croatian guitarist Frano on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's encore broadcas of WoodSongs, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes young master guitarists mentored by the guitar great Tommy Emman...

Bought by KHNS, WEJP-LP 107.1, WETS, RadioFreePalmer, Rhythm & News Service and more


  • Added: Mar 26, 2020
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 25
Making Cents Of Money
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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Economics for all ages, learn about money including its history, inflation, debt, interest and donations

Bought by KQRU FM LP, WLRH, WXPR, Allegheny Mountain Radio, WCNY and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2020
  • Length: 57:59
  • Purchases: 9
My Pride
From: Ariel Mejia
Series: ASM Youth Radio Fall 2019
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My piece depicts the systemic racism that has infested the educational system and environment.

  • Added: Dec 30, 2019
  • Length: 04:06
Teens Take Over
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
Caption: Borrowed, from Brooklyn Public Library, Credit: Meryl Friedman
Kairi Hollon tried to go to the library when he was a teenager in Brooklyn in the 1980s, but he kept getting kicked out. Years later, he came back ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 26, 2019
  • Length: 22:09
  • Purchases: 1
WoodSongs 926: Violet Bell and Skerryvore
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Violet Bell on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes North Carolina roots duo Violet Bell plus award-winning trad folk-rock Sc...

Bought by WEJP-LP 107.1, KDLG, Yellowstone Public Radio, KWMR, WSLR and more


  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 15
Ramadan-Children and Ramadan
From: kim fox
Series: Ehky Ya Masr Podcast - Ramadan Series
Caption: Ehky Ya Masr logo, Credit: Heba Fouad
“Children and Ramadan” by Refan AbdelNabi. This audio feature is a glimpse into how children experience Ramadan; the celebration and spirituality ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 06, 2017
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Ep 03. Palm Treo - Eric & Brittany
From: Kismet Podcast
Series: Kismet
Caption: Kismet
In “Palm Treo”, Brittany and Eric talk about the secret parties that the RA’s at Howard University were throwing in 2005. Their podcast “For Colore...

  • Added: May 24, 2017
  • Length: 23:32
The Refugee Experience Through The Eyes of Our Youth
From: Generation Justice Admin
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GJ Youth Producers Yousuf Amer and Ludella Awad share their direct and personal ties to the immigrant and refugee experience in America.

  • Added: Jan 30, 2017
  • Length: 10:40
The View from Room 205
From: WBEZ
Caption: The View from Room 205
"The View from Room 205" is a one-hour documentary that takes an unflinching look at the intersection of poverty and education in this country. It ...

Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City, KICI Iowa City, WRIR, KUAF Public Radio, KISU and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 67
TEASER: The View from Room 205
From: WBEZ
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PREVIEW THE HOUR NOW! http://www.prx.org/pieces/194893-the-view-from-room-205 "The View from Room 205" is a one-hour documentary that takes an unf...

Bought by KUHF


  • Added: Dec 14, 2016
  • Length: 01:48
  • Purchases: 1
College Students Secrets To Paying For College
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
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College students are paying their way through college with the help of being a DJ and making their own music.

  • Added: Nov 17, 2016
  • Length: 03:46
Maritime schools teach Great Lakes skills
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Students build a tugboat at The Maritime Academy of Toledo, Credit: Timothy Dubravetz
The Maritime Academy of Toledo is one of 56 schools around the country that incorporate skills like boat building and seamanship into its curriculum.

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, North Country Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WCPN and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2016
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 7
Jim Conally, Banjo Musician
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: 2015 O Henry Middle School Stories
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Jim Conally reflects on his musical career, life journeys, and the sea.

  • Added: Jan 23, 2016
  • Length: 02:58
Going the Distance: Gelato Artisan Matthew Lee
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: 2015 O Henry Middle School Stories
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Matthew Lee tells the story of how he came to make world-class gelato.

  • Added: Jan 23, 2016
  • Length: 03:26
Education gives us hope, BUT...
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Learning
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The purposes and expansion of the educational system.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 19, 2015
  • Length: 17:21
  • Purchases: 2
Beyond the Blackboard: Building Character in Public Schools
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: A student at the Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School in New York conquers a high ropes course., Credit: Stephen Smith
In the 1940s a British headmaster named Kurt Hahn set up a wilderness school called Outward Bound to teach young men the skills they needed to surv...

Bought by WMUU-LP, XRAY.fm, WITF, Vermont Public, WGBH Radio Boston and more


  • Added: Sep 10, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
From Boots to Books: Student Veterans and the New GI Bill
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: A student hangs a flag outside the veteran’s center at Pasadena City College., Credit: Stephen Smith
The GI Bill of 1944 revolutionized the lives of millions of young veterans, America’s institutions of higher education, and American society at lar...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KUER, WHRV, KAZU Seaside, Calif., KSFR and more


  • Added: Sep 10, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Arden Junior High School Jazz Band (1973)
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: Highlights
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If you play this piece twice, it'll haunt you -- your leg won't stop rockin' no matter how many times you slap it -- and those wireless speakers be...

  • Added: Sep 04, 2015
  • Length: 08:55
The Importance of a Good School Nurse
From: Anne Hoffman
Series: Generation Voice
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Across the US, fewer than half of all public schools have a nurse available to kids all day, every day, according to the Robert Wood Johnson Founda...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2015
  • Length: 05:18
Treasure Island High School offers oasis of hope for disconnected youth
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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There’s a lot of talk in education circles these days about changing to the common core curriculum or changing from books to computers. But at Life...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2015
  • Length: 08:23
What Now?
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive Monthly Podcast
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The Protester is Time's 2011 "Person Of The Year." So, RadioActive hosts Bryce Ellis and Michelle Dutro chose this word of the month: 'remonstrate....

  • Added: Jan 16, 2015
  • Length: 15:31
Foster High School
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive Fall 2013
Caption: Cultural Day at Foster High School, Credit: Ardo Hersi
Did you know that Tukwila is the most diverse school district in the nation? So says the NYT. And Foster High School in Tukwila is celebrating its ...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 15:31