PRX - Pieces for Topic: Education
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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
Young people increasingly see gender as not just limited to male and female. Youth Radio has been exploring the torchbearers of gender fluidity -- ...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Dec 09, 2015
- Length: 04:34
- Purchases: 1
Beginning next fall, all San Francisco public schools will offer a class called Ethnic Studies. It’s a look at American history and culture from th...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Mar 24, 2015
- Length: 06:16
- Purchases: 1
Hundreds of students at Schools of the Sacred Heart in San Francisco are taking part in a nationwide Tech Timeout, challenging students to unplug f...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Mar 24, 2015
- Length: 05:22
- Purchases: 1
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
Oakland schools have a dropout rate that’s higher than the state average. So, the district made solving the problem a priority. Officials started t...
- Added: Jan 13, 2015
- Length: 06:18
With the start of a new school year, families all around San Francisco are sending their children off with hopes for a good year and a bright futur...
- Added: Nov 28, 2014
- Length: 04:00
Nearly a dozen teenagers are scattered in small groups across a large classroom at Downtown High School in San Francisco. Some strum on guitars. Ot...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 21, 2014
- Length: 09:28
- Purchases: 1
Callie Jones is showing me how to 3D print a tiny yellow chess piece, after designing it herself on a computer. It’s her second day in the 3D print...
- Added: Oct 16, 2014
- Length: 06:04
Natasha Mahia, a student at El Dorado elementary school in Visitacion Valley, is one of ROCK’s biggest fans. ROCK stands for Real Options for City ...
- Added: Oct 16, 2014
- Length: 04:37
In Phoenix, Arizona, a robotics club has become a springboard for Latino students to go on to graduate from college with degrees in technology, mat...
- Added: Oct 01, 2014
- Length: 05:59
In Phoenix, Arizona, a robotics club is becoming a hotbed for Latino students, many of them low-income and some undocumented, to go on to graduate ...
- Added: Sep 22, 2014
- Length: 06:07
Dejon Lewis was 11 years old when child protective services arrived to take him and his twin sister away from their mother, whom he says is a drug ...
- Added: May 17, 2014
- Length: 08:47
Learning with a personal tutor is one of the best ways to learn. But hiring a tutor for every student was never a realistic option, until now. Can ...
- Added: Sep 03, 2013
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 6
Most college students spend a lot of time listening to lectures. But research shows there are better ways to learn. (9/1/2011)
- Added: Sep 01, 2011
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 7
Reporters Jerry Cruz and Allison Albrecht follow students' motivations and decision processes in finding which Chicago public school's style best f...
Bought by WGXC
- Added: Apr 28, 2011
- Length: 05:59
- Purchases: 1
Rachel Krantz reports from New York City's High School of Economics and Finance where low-income students prepare for careers on Wall Street.
Bought by KUOW and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Mar 10, 2010
- Length: 04:27
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Nov 11, 2009
- Length: 23:12
School on Wheels is a non-profit program located in Los Angeles which pairs volunteer tutors to homeless students.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and CKMO
- Added: Mar 11, 2009
- Length: 03:09
- Purchases: 3
