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In his new book, professor Lawrence Blum provides insight into a rigorous high school course on race and racism.
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- Added: Jul 15, 2013
- Length: 28:59
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Here is a peice Makalah did for Black Music Month back in June.
- Added: Jul 07, 2013
- Length: 01:08
If you think we live in a post-racial world…think again: statistically speaking, being born Black or Latino or Native American is associated with s...
- Added: May 24, 2013
- Length: 50:27
Infant mortality rates in Michigan are better than they used to be, but still not good enough.
Seven out of every 1,000 babies born in Michigan w...
- Added: Oct 12, 2012
- Length: 51:01
American and South Africa’s schools are similar. Both have fallen short of producing an educational system consistent with its national goals of e...
- Added: Aug 24, 2012
- Length: 14:46
THE DROP OUT DILEMMA IS SPECIAL CONVERSATION ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS IN THE ROCHESTER AREA. THE WXXI NEWS TEAM HAS BEEN TAKING AN IN-DEPT...
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- Added: Aug 22, 2012
- Length: 58:57
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A high school student and recent graduate detail their struggles staying in school and what pushed them to persevere.
- Added: Aug 17, 2012
- Length: 42:54
The WUNC Summer Youth Radio Institute continues with a story from 19-year-old Jasmine Farmer.
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- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 05:29
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In the summer of 2012 WUNC established its first ever Youth Radio Institute. The station hired five young people -- and two mentors -- to produce r...
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 05:57
To be black and male in America carries with it a certain baggage. Two out of three black male students in Rochester are failing to graduate. "Need...
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 27:10
Dave DeWitt reports on a school in Durham that is helping at-risk kids graduate from high school.
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- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 03:20
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In the first installment of an 18-month series on the nation's high school dropout rate, Gwen Ifill sits down with Academy Award-winning actor Denz...
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- Added: Aug 10, 2012
- Length: 08:43
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A bell tower that has been mute for 70 years at Virginia Union University in Richmond, Virginia is about to get a voice thanks to Diane Watkins.
- Added: Feb 16, 2012
- Length: 55:55
Cobi is a Dutch nurse liiving and working in a South African township. She helps orphans getting over their Aids HIV stigma and against the violenc...
- Added: Jan 11, 2012
- Length: 10:38
We remember Hubert Sumlin, legendary guitarist and long-time sideman for Howlin' Wolf, passed away at the age of 80 on December 4, 2011.
- Added: Dec 06, 2011
- Length: 02:30
- Added: May 31, 2011
- Length: 05:10
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Nearly 20 million people in the U.S. have been diagnosed with diabetes. And, according to the official breakdown by the American Diabetes Associati...
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- Added: Jun 10, 2010
- Length: 05:20
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Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb was brought in to fix a school system that's a big mess. But who's paying his salary? Private foundations t...
- Added: May 25, 2010
- Length: 05:18
Elsa Lankford's audio doc class went to Lexington Market. We interviewed a variety of food vendors and got their take on Baltimore history and cur...
- Added: May 15, 2010
- Length: 04:31
One actor from the cast of the new HBO television show "Treme" is doing more than just acting.
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- Added: Apr 22, 2010
- Length: 03:57
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Meet Harvard graduate Colleston Morgan. His first two years as a Teach for America teacher were highly successful. So why did he leave the classro...
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- Added: Apr 22, 2010
- Length: 04:33
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She graduated from Princeton. She enrolled in Teach for America, worked hard and really wanted to be a role model. So why didn’t this teacher get t...
- Added: Apr 22, 2010
- Length: 05:47
American students are notoriously inept when it comes to knowing about the rest of the world. But the Asia Society is trying to change that.
- Added: Apr 19, 2010
- Length: 10:30
14-year-old AJ Frazier reports on how higher standards at his middle school impact his work ethic.
- Added: Mar 31, 2010
- Length: 08:55
- Purchases: 3
A martial arts school in Chicago’s South Side reinforces community in a violent neighborhood.
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- Added: Jan 14, 2010
- Length: 05:30
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