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Lawmaker Stands Behind Plan For Charter School Takeover, Despite Lackluster Results
From: WUNC
Series: American Graduate
Caption: Rep. Rob Bryan (R-Mecklenburg), Credit: NC General Assembly
In 2012, Tennessee lawmakers took a few of the state’s lowest-performing schools and put them in an "Achievement School District" (ASD). ASD school...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2017
  • Length: 03:33
What It's Like Inside A Low-Performing School
From: WUNC
Series: American Graduate
Caption: Lead teacher Amy Brewer goes over a Math lesson at Concord Middle School in Cabarrus County., Credit: Reema Khrais
Reema Khrais reports on how teacher retention issues impact low-performing schools.

  • Added: Sep 12, 2017
  • Length: 04:01
Shackled Legacy: Universities and the Slave Trade
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: Frank Campbell was a teenager when he was sold to keep Georgetown University afloat. He was one of some 272 enslaved people sold by Jesuits in Maryland to plantations in Louisiana., Credit: Ellender Memorial Library, Nicholls State University
(9/4/2017) As more schools begin to confront their participation in slavery, they also consider how to make amends.

Bought by WWNO, WMUU-LP, WNCU, WUFT, KOSU and more


  • Added: Sep 05, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
The Problem of Rural Schools (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Nearly a quarter of Virginia’s schools are in rural areas. According to one researcher, Federal education policy could threaten the sustainability ...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Aug 25, 2017
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 1
Tangier Island Sinking (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Residents of Tangier Island could become some of America’s first climate refugees—unless they get a much needed sea wall. Through a partnership wit...

Bought by KENW, WOUB, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 11, 2017
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 3
Love is a Drug (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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When we’ve had a bad breakup, should we try to numb the pain? One Virginia professor has made answering this question their area of expertise, with...

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, KENW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WEZU


  • Added: Aug 04, 2017
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 5
Teacher of the Year (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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It’s no secret that teachers are underpaid and underappreciated. But when a state’s Teacher of the Year jumps ship, it gets a lot of attention. Lil...

Bought by KENW and Radio Catskill


  • Added: Jul 27, 2017
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 2
Are Diplomatic Trips Worth It? (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Even as President Trump returns from two high profile international tours, digital technologies seem ever more like they could replace costly diplo...

Bought by KENW, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WOUB


  • Added: Jul 21, 2017
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 3
The Perils of Slow Motion (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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With surveillance cameras on the rise and cell phones in every pocket, video evidence is increasingly common in courtrooms. But there’s a lot we do...

Bought by KENW and WOUB


  • Added: Jul 14, 2017
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 2
Telltale Signs
From: Generation Anthropocene
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Two stories of ecological disruption: the great sea star wasting, and a graveyard of trembling aspens.

  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 29:03
The Cost of For-Profit College (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Are for-profit colleges and universities worth the money? Lilia Fuquen reports that according to a new study, for-profit colleges are not only cost...

Bought by KENW and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 23, 2017
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 2
Repairing BRCA1 (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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About 1 in 8 American women will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point in their lifetime. Some of the most aggressive forms of breast cance...

Bought by KENW, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 16, 2017
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 4
Addiction, Sobriety, and Recidivism
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This week we feature an interview with Patrick, who reflects on his experience with addiction and prison. His story is both deeply personal and ana...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2017
  • Length: 30:10
Pride & Profit (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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We usually don’t think of the free market as a very… sentimental place. But a new book suggests that Adam Smith’s classical economics aren’t so hea...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Jun 09, 2017
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 1
Social Media Scrubbing (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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With graduation ceremonies wrapping up across the country, it’s time for that dreaded next chapter: the job hunt. But for those students scrambling...

Bought by KZYX, KENW, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WOUB


  • Added: Jun 02, 2017
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 4
The Black Escalation Effect (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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For decades, studies have shown African-American students are disciplined more often and with greater consequences than their white peers. Now, a n...

Bought by KENW, WOUB, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 26, 2017
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 3
The Rhetoric of Race War (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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A torchlit Confederate protest in Charlottesville, Virginia had some residents recalling the days of the KKK. But one Virginia scholar says today’s...

Bought by KENW and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 19, 2017
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 2
The Attack Party of Bulgaria
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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While Marine le Pen failed to win the recent French presidential election, her increased popularity is just the most recent example of how far righ...

Bought by KENW and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 12, 2017
  • Length: 03:42
  • Purchases: 2
Environmental Policy and Energy Plans for the Future
From: Coastridge Productions
Series: Planet Watch
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A visit with former California Assemblymember and environmental champion, Fred Keeley. Fred has been an advocate for the oceans and land for as lon...

Bought by KFOI Radio


  • Added: May 07, 2017
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 1
Episode Four: "The Race Beat"
From: Troy Public Radio
Series: Carried Home: Alabama Authors and The Pulitzer Prize
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Take note: On this episode we're following the "Race Beat." We talk with Hank Klibanoff who's book "The Race Beat" tells the story of journalists c...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2017
  • Length: 25:00
Episode Three: "Stories Someone Told Me"
From: Troy Public Radio
Series: Carried Home: Alabama Authors and The Pulitzer Prize
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This episode's stories come from some of Alabama's Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists: Rick Bragg who wrote about the Susan Smith murders and the O...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2017
  • Length: 25:00
The Tale of Honeybee Brown (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Between a changing climate and an invasion of parasites, it’s a tough time for the little honeybee. A Norfolk woman’s quest to give bees a home may...

Bought by KENW, New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WOUB and more


  • Added: Apr 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:22
  • Purchases: 6
Episode Two: "The Small Town through the Literary Lens"
From: Troy Public Radio
Series: Carried Home: Alabama Authors and The Pulitzer Prize
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In this episode we're looking at the small town through the literary lens. Hear how Shirley Ann Grau author of "Keepers of the House" hung up on th...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2017
  • Length: 24:59
Californias Alternative Energy Plan in The Trump Era
From: Coastridge Productions
Series: Planet Watch
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California's AB 32 paved the way for a bold investment in alternative energy. SB 32 will up the ante, aiming to phase out fossil fuels by 2050. Wil...

Bought by KFOI Radio


  • Added: Apr 17, 2017
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 1
Life in a Goiter Belt (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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One young woman in southwest Virginia has become a super-sleuth. With a head full of questions and a heart full of concern, one college student tea...

Bought by KENW, WOUB, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: 03:42
  • Purchases: 4

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