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Preparing for College Yet?
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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Kimmy couldn't believe that she was getting college info packs in the mail as a 9th grader. Having just transitioned to high school from middle sch...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 26, 2013
  • Length: 08:16
  • Purchases: 1
The Third Rail
From: New Jersey Radio Exchange Network
Series: Alfred Bundy Presents........
Caption: Alfred Bundy Leads the Panel Discussion
Alfred Bundy host this panel discussion on Education Reforms

  • Added: Aug 11, 2013
  • Length: 15:14
Veterans in the Classroom
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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With the end of the War in Iraq, tens of thousands of soldiers have returned home, and many of them are going to college. Two writing professors ha...

Bought by KENW, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, and Radio Newark


  • Added: Jun 28, 2013
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 4
Culturology: An essay from Erika Kooda - "Band Trip To Hawaii: Part Two
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School and an intern at Northern Community Radio. During the school year she's checked in with essays ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jun 06, 2013
  • Length: 04:57
  • Purchases: 1
Culturology: An essay from Erika Kooda - "Band Trip To Hawaii: Part One"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School and an intern at Northern Community Radio. During the school year she's checked in with essays ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jun 06, 2013
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
Culturology: An essay from Erika Kooda - The Close of Erika's Pep Band Career
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School and an intern at Northern Community Radio. During the school year she's been checking in with e...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 1
Culturology: An essay from Erika Kooda - The Ways Northern Community Radio Breaks the Mold
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
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Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School and an intern at Northern Community Radio. During the school year she's been checking in with e...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Apr 17, 2013
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 1
Culturology: An essay from Erika Kooda about searching for the right college
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School. During the school year she's been checking in with essays reflecting on her experience. In thi...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 1
Culturology: An essay from Erika Kooda about how she's benefited from High School Art Curriculum
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School. During the school year she's been checking in with essays reflecting on her experience. In th...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Nov 30, 2012
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 1
What's What Radio: Go Out and Play
From: Paul McCarthy
Series: What's What Radio
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Why is the parenting phrase "go out and play, kids!" becoming endangered? Meredith Grimm wanted to ask how parents avoid both hovering and neglect ...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 35:25
  • Purchases: 1
Kids Need the Same Teacher for More Than One Year
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Back to School stamp, Credit: iStock photo
In multi-year classrooms, teachers work with the same children for two years or longer. The result, according to founder and coordinator of Explora...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 18:42
Dolores Schools - A Student Perspective
From: The National Center for Media Engagement
Series: American Graduate
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Jeff and Gail talk with two Dolores High School students and the Dolores School District Superintendent about how their education compares to stude...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 26:41
American Graduate: Poetic Justice Part 2 - Graduation Day
From: WUNC
Series: American Graduate
Caption: Aaron Jones
WUNC is a part of the American Graduate Project. It's a public media initiative looking at the drop out crisis across the country. As a part of thi...

Bought by KZYX and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 10:23
  • Purchases: 2
Making the Grade: Motivation
From: Larry Berger
Series: Making the Grade
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High School students from Pittsburgh Public Schools discuss what motivates them to succeed, and what examples they look to for guidance.

  • Added: Aug 09, 2012
  • Length: 03:24
Making the Grade: Challenges
From: Larry Berger
Series: Making the Grade
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High School students from Pittsburgh Public Schools discuss challenges they face, both in and out of school.

  • Added: Aug 09, 2012
  • Length: 03:36
Making the Grade: Ambition
From: Larry Berger
Series: Making the Grade
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High School students from Pittsburgh Public Schools discuss their future plans, hopes and dreams upon graduating.

  • Added: Aug 09, 2012
  • Length: 03:42
Message to President Obama: Don't Forget the Environment
From: Colorado News Connection
Caption: PRX default Piece image
President Obama is visiting Colorado today (Tuesday). His message is about student loans and affordability of higher education, but some are hoping...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2012
  • Length: 01:37
Why Kids Today are into Clothing Brands
From: KBEM
Series: What's Real
Caption: Zoe Norling, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
A generation ago, it was colorful clothing, but today, kids are more into shopping for specific brands. Why? Zoe Norling, a student at Susan B Anth...

  • Added: May 10, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
Commentator Guido on Back to School
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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I was so lost, so bereft, I doubted my vocation. I wasn't worried about becoming a priest, I was worried about dressing myself.

  • Added: Aug 30, 2010
  • Length: 04:15
Ku Klux Klan in Itasca County in the 1920s
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Our History
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We talk with Brian Vroman, Philosophy Instructor at Itasca Community College, about the history Ku Klux Klan in Itasca County in the 1920s.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2010
  • Length: 08:46
No Argument Here
From: With Good Reason
Caption: James Farmer, Credit: Library of Congress
A college professor is following the footsteps of a civil rights icon James Farmer, by training his students in the art of debate. Lydia Wilson, ...

Bought by KUAC, WJAB, WCSU-FM, and WFIU


  • Added: Feb 05, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
How Philosophy Can Save Your Life
From: With Good Reason
Caption: Book Cover
Changing our place in the world, through philosophy and math skills.

  • Added: Jan 28, 2010
  • Length: 29:01
NEA Jazz Master Artie Shaw on Show Business
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA JAZZ MASTER ARTIE SHAW WAS ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF PLAYING HIS CLARINET. BUT HE NEVER REALLY CARED MUCH ABOUT THE BUSINESS SIDE OF MUSIC.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2009
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 8
NEA Jazz Master Artie Shaw on Not Looking Back
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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ARTIE SHAW WAS ONE OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE AND OUTRAGEOUS FIGURES IN JAZZ. HE ONCE WROTE AN EPITAPH FOR HIMSELF WHICH READ, HE DID THE BEST HE COU...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2009
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 8
NEA Jazz Master Marian McPartland on Sidney Bechet Style
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA JAZZ MASTER MARIAN MCPARTLAND WAS A BIG FAN OF CLARINET AND SAX PLAYER, SIDNEY BECHET.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, KMUW and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2009
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 10

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