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A deep exploration of the urban-rural divide and how one group is trying to bring both sides together

  • Added: Nov 22, 2020
  • Length: 28:19
Caption: Veronica Volk/WXXI News, Credit: Akin Johnson holds his credential during the East High School commencement in June 2017.
In recent years, there has been a push to get people with disabilities into the general workforce. But despite these initiatives, some students who...

Bought by KZYX and Kansas Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 02, 2018
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Resident Brian Drolet examines a patient's burned arm., Credit: Kristin Gourlay
The nation spends billions of dollars every year training future doctors. But health care experts worry we’re still not training enough doctors to ...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2013
  • Length: 06:07
Caption: Second year medical student Sarah Rapoport, in Brown University's Warren Alpert Medical School., Credit: Kristin Gourlay
We're checking in on our Future Docs, Sarah and Peter, who've nearly reached the mid-way point of their second year of medical school. Reporter Kri...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2013
  • Length: 07:15
Caption: Resident Anne Kuritzky begins morning rounds on the surgical intensive care unit., Credit: Kristin Gourlay
After medical school, most doctors go through a kind of on-the-job training called residency. Residency programs have been around for a while, but ...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2013
  • Length: 03:39
Caption: Brown University medical ethics and emergency medicine professor, Jay Baruch, Credit: Kristin Gourlay
Some of the toughest decisions any of us will ever make will take place in a doctor’s office. But before those decisions ever come up, doctors must...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2013
  • Length: 06:47
Caption: Second year medical student Peter Kaminski practices suturing on a pig's foot., Credit: Kristin Gourlay
In the final piece in the series "Future Docs," second year students Sarah and Peter are about to begin their third year in medical school, leaving...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2013
  • Length: 05:46
Caption:  YES Prep students at an informational session at the University of Oklahoma. YES Prep is a charter school network that serves a low-income population in Houston, Tex. and focuses on getting all of its students accepted into 4-year colleges. , Credit: YES Prep Public Schools
Why are so many low-income students quitting college, and what leads a few to beat the odds and make it through? (8/30/2012)

Bought by WMUU-LP, KPIP-LP, KERA, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Field Trip Podcast icon, Credit: MIke Smith
This week we go to to the beach with Field Trip Correspondent Laura Hautala and her Science Mom. Yes, we said Science Mom. And don’t worry, it’s no...

Bought by KUER


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 12:25
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 12:29

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 15:59
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Dr. Damon Arnold, Education Director, Grand Valley State University

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 15:22

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 10:09

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 14:57
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Susan Ledy and Lindsay McHome, Literacy Center of West Michigan.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 18:14

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 15:35
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Tony Campbell, VP United Way West Michigan & Mary Ann Prisichenko, Sibley Elementary School.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 18:50
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Dr. Bernard Taylor, Superintendent of Grand Rapids Public Schools.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 16:35

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 17:11
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Carol Paine-McGovern and Shatawn Brigham, Kent School Services Network.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 15:09
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Emily Loeks, Director of Community Affairs, Celebration! Cinema.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 16:10
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Former students receive salaried training inside many of Colorado's white-collar companies as an alternative to difficult home settings.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2012
  • Length: 06:51
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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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With so much at stake, D.C. works to provide a second chance at graduation for dropouts.

  • Added: Aug 08, 2012
  • Length: 06:41
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Preventing dropouts requires teachers and staff to get parents more involved

  • Added: Jul 16, 2012
  • Length: 06:43