PRX - Pieces for Topic: Education
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We all remember the influential teacher who made a difference in our lives. But for Drego Little, the teacher that changed his life was the one he ...
- Added: Sep 14, 2017
- Length: 05:56
- Purchases: 1
Olivia was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes in 2010. Three years later, her best friend, Allison, was diagnosed with the same disease. They talk to e...
Bought by KSKA
- Added: Jan 25, 2016
- Length: 05:45
- Purchases: 1
When Paige was faced with the difficult decision of choosing between her mother's faith and her access to education, she was forced to put her own ...
- Added: Jan 20, 2016
- Length: 02:57
Physics, math, canyoning between buildings: Not scary. Finding an apartment, learning how to vote: Scary. How one young woman feels about making th...
- Added: Dec 21, 2015
- Length: 03:40
To many there’s an occupation, to some there’s a career and to a few there’s a passion. Hassan Abdi has the story of a teacher who is amongst the f...
- Added: Jan 15, 2015
- Length: 05:27
Joshua Williams struggles every day paying for food and finding a place just to sleep. Listen to an American teenager who has been homeless.
- Added: Aug 26, 2013
- Length: 05:11
Jabari Omari dealt with adulthood much sooner than the typical teenager. This is his story of being forced to grow up way too fast.
- Added: Aug 23, 2013
- Length: 05:41
For LaKeva Brown, finishing school comes with an added caveat: eviction. In LaKeva's situation, she must prepare to support herself.
- Added: Aug 23, 2013
- Length: 03:40
Caelin Robinson learns how stressful running a household can be from his mother. The insight she provides him will change his life.
- Added: Aug 23, 2013
- Length: 05:43
La' Trisha Dillon has to confront the financial consequences of a serious relationship coming to an end. In doing so, she's pushed to her limits.
- Added: Aug 23, 2013
- Length: 05:18
Adriana Torres, a recent graduate of Monte Del Sol, and Max Kalyani of the Academy of Technology and the Classics (ATC), host this wonderfully inqu...
Bought by KRZA
- Added: Mar 18, 2012
- Length: 29:57
- Purchases: 1
Cristel Martinez came to America from the Dominican Republic with a dream to become a music producer. But the only music she hears in school, says ...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WGXC, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 10, 2011
- Length: 05:02
- Purchases: 3
Shayla Torres dealt with a lot of violence in her last school, where she was a peer mediator. Here, the 17-year-old junior recalls one especially c...
- Added: Jul 10, 2011
- Length: 02:51
- Purchases: 3
"Technology is great," says Ruth Mullin, student at Susan B. Anthony Middle School (Minneapolis). But too much texting can cause you to ignore your...
- Added: Apr 24, 2011
- Length: 01:00
Keith Harris had a secret when he started school in the U.S. for the first time: he didn't know how to read and write.
Bought by WDBM, New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and KUOW
- Added: Apr 07, 2010
- Length: 09:24
- Purchases: 4
Sam Pearson, a former high school student in Santa Fe, NM, discusses the reasons why he dropped out of school.
Bought by KUOW
- Added: Mar 24, 2010
- Length: 02:32
- Purchases: 1
One teens' experience with his autistic sister. One-minute FREE spot.
- Added: Mar 28, 2006
- Length: :58
- Purchases: 2
Teen attitudes about the use of violence in the media and how a newer outlook might give hope. One-minute FREE spot.
- Added: Mar 27, 2006
- Length: :58
- Purchases: 2
