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Degrees of Separation: Higher Ed (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series
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Stories of massive student debt and for-profit school scams make it clear that the post-secondary system can be an unfriendly place to many disadva...

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA and WVAS


  • Added: Jun 23, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Degrees of Separation: Higher Ed (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Stories of massive student debt and for-profit school scams make it clear that the post-secondary system can be an unfriendly place to many disadva...

Bought by WCPN and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jun 23, 2017
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
Degrees of Separation: Higher Ed (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Stories of massive student debt and for-profit school scams make it clear that the post-secondary system can be an unfriendly place to many disadva...

Bought by WCNY, KTSW 89.9, KPIK-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jun 23, 2017
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 12
Degrees of Separation: Higher Ed (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Stories of massive student debt and for-profit school scams make it clear that the post-secondary system can be an unfriendly place to many disadva...

Bought by WJCT, WVAS, WCQS, WUGA (part of GPB), KRDP and more


  • Added: Jun 23, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 11
Degrees of Separation: Secondary (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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In the third episode of our series, we examine how inequality is at work in the high-stakes world of high school, from who we discipline, to the wa...

Bought by WCPN and WNMU-FM


  • Added: May 26, 2017
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 2
Degrees of Separation: Secondary (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In the third episode of our series, we examine how inequality is at work in the high-stakes world of high school, from who we discipline, to the wa...

Bought by WCNY, KWMR, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WCPN, WTJU and more


  • Added: May 26, 2017
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 14
Degrees of Separation: Secondary (Half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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In the third episode of our series, we examine how inequality is at work in the high-stakes world of high school, from who we discipline, to the wa...

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, WJCU, KMUN, KRDP and more


  • Added: May 26, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
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
Degrees of Separation: Secondary (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series
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In the third episode of our series, we examine how inequality is at work in the high-stakes world of high school, from who we discipline, to the wa...

Bought by WHFR


  • Added: May 26, 2017
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 1
Degrees of Separation: Secondary (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series
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In the third episode of our series, we examine how inequality is at work in the high-stakes world of high school, from who we discipline, to the wa...

Bought by WHFR, WDSE, KWMR, and WLIW


  • Added: May 26, 2017
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 4
BHM Special: The Life of Arthur Ashe (promo)
From: With Good Reason
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The life and times of athlete, author, and activist Arthur Ashe - Profiling a program to help African-American college students graduate - The unli...

Bought by WNSB


  • Added: Feb 10, 2017
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
BHM Special: The Life of Arthur Ashe (hour)
From: With Good Reason
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The life and times of athlete, author, and activist Arthur Ashe - Profiling a program to help African-American college students graduate - The unli...

Bought by WNSB and WXDU


  • Added: Feb 10, 2017
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 2
BHM Special: The Life of Arthur Ashe (half)
From: With Good Reason
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The life and times of athlete, author, and activist Arthur Ashe - Profiling a program to help African-American college students graduate

Bought by WNSB and KKRN


  • Added: Feb 10, 2017
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
The Life of Arthur Ashe (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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The life and times of athlete, author, and activist Arthur Ashe - Profiling a program to help African-American college students graduate - The unli...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 10, 2017
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
The Life of Arthur Ashe (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The life and times of athlete, author, and activist Arthur Ashe - Profiling a program to help African-American college students graduate - The unli...

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Feb 10, 2017
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 10
The Life of Arthur Ashe (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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The life and times of African-American athlete, activist, and author Arthur Ashe - Profiling a program to help African-American students graduate c...

Bought by WJCT, WUGA (part of GPB), KRDP, WJCU, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 10, 2017
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 5
"The Symphony," an African-American poetry collective
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: R. Dwayne Betts of The Symphony Poets
The Symphony is a group of African-American poets originally comprised of John Murillo, R. Reginald Dwayne Betts, Randall Horton, and Marcus Jackso...

Bought by WNJR and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 11, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Legacy of Massive Resistance
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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When faced with a court order to integrate, Prince Edward County in Virginia closed its entire school system in 1959 rather than integrate. Now, fo...

Bought by WGTE Public Media, KPSQ-LP, WLPR , WNSB, Morehead State Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 21, 2016
  • Length: 52:53
  • Purchases: 12
Jen Anderson and Jane Mitchell of The Reset Foundation, Creating an Alternative to America's Prisons
From: Arch Street Press
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Jen Anderson and Jane Mitchell discuss how they met and discovered a passion for changing America's approach to criminal justice, leading to their ...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2015
  • Length: 45:32
Diane Watkins: Bells for Peace
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Diane Watkins of Richmond, Virginia.
A bell tower without a carillon is like a throat without a voice box. Utterly mute. This story could be called the mystery of the missing bells and...

  • Added: May 01, 2015
  • Length: 27:33
Dr David E. Kirkland, Transforming the world with more inclusive education methods
From: Latin Waves Media
Series: Latin Waves Media
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Dr David E. Kirkland, Transforming the world with more inclusive education methods

  • Added: Oct 30, 2014
  • Length: 28:57
Race and America
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Professor Lawrence Blum
In his new book, professor Lawrence Blum provides insight into a rigorous high school course on race and racism.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 15, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Need to Know Rochester: Black Males at Risk
From: WXXI Rochester
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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
Black Feather P.O.E.T.S.
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Familiar with edutainment?!

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: May 31, 2011
  • Length: 05:10
  • Purchases: 1
Making American Students 'Globally Competent'
From: Learning Matters
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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