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What happens when a 24-year veteran teacher is suddenly rated "ineffective" and loses her job?

  • Added: Sep 22, 2010
  • Length: 13:01

  • Added: Aug 31, 2010
  • Length: 04:11
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Should teachers be paid based on what they teach or what their student learn? Hear Randi Weingarten's answer to this question as well as her though...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2010
  • Length: 09:38
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Art can happen anywhere, at any time and by anybody -- the Central Minnesota Arts Board is one vehicle that has a profound impact on the arts in ou...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2010
  • Length: 28:46
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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
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
One of my friends saw Chase Whiteside’s Youtube piece called Sarah Palin Book Signing as “[e]vidence that our educational system has tanked.”

  • Added: Dec 12, 2009
  • Length: :33
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Competition magnifies the importance of choices people make, as penalties for failure and rewards for cheating increase. What would you do if faced...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
Caption: Watts Health Center, Credit: www.wattshealth.org
President Obama urged Americans to get tested for HIV this weekend. The Watts Health Center in South Los Angeles tried to encourage HIV screening b...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2009
  • Length: 02:28
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This year more than other years, a college degree is no guarantee of a job. Commentator Emma Jacobs of Youth Radio graduated spring 2009 from Colum...

Bought by WMNF and Topics Education


  • Added: Jun 02, 2009
  • Length: 03:11
  • Purchases: 2
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PEACE TALKS RADIO explores how the Dalai Lama's life and philosophies might inspire our own search for personal and global peace.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KSFR


  • Added: May 19, 2009
  • Length: 28:55
  • Purchases: 3
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Senate President Miller, Marc Steiner, and Speaker Busch at the 6th Annual Annapolis Summit
Marc Steiner interviews Maryland's Speaker of the House Michael Busch and Senate President Mike Miller at the 6th Annual Annapolis Summit.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2009
  • Length: 55:33
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A short piece of advice for the next president from NYU's Marcelo Su?rez-Orozco.

  • Added: Oct 17, 2008
  • Length: 03:09
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A short piece of advice for the next president from Glen Westbroek, a middle school teacher.

  • Added: Oct 07, 2008
  • Length: 01:09
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A short piece of advice for the next president from John Wilson, Executive Director of the National Education Association.

  • Added: Oct 07, 2008
  • Length: 01:42
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A short piece of advice for the next president from Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings

  • Added: Oct 07, 2008
  • Length: :36
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A short piece of advice for the next president from Eva Moskowitz, Executive Director of the Harlem Success Academy.

  • Added: Sep 30, 2008
  • Length: 03:26
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A short piece of advice for the next president from Dr. Steven Paine, West Virginia's superintendent of schools.

  • Added: Sep 30, 2008
  • Length: 01:56
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Bob Compton is a venture capitalist and entrepreneur whose documentary film, 2 Million Minutes, takes a look at how six high school students from U...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 06:39
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Deborah Meier has spent more than four decades working in public education. A MacArthur Foundation ?Genius,? she founded Central Park East Elementa...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 10:53
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A short piece of advice for the next president from the Educational Trust's Amy Wilkins.

  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
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A short piece of advice for the next president from Barbara O'Brien,the Lt. Governor of Colorado and co-chair of the P-20 Education Council.

  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 02:25
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A short piece of advice for the next president from Ben Jackson, an English teacher from Denver, Colorado.

  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 03:12
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A roundtable explores The Electoral College system for electing the U.S. President - its history, its pros and its cons.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, KDUR, and KTNA


  • Added: Sep 18, 2008
  • Length: 28:15
  • Purchases: 4