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How do you scale effective urban education in an age of desperate noneducational schools?
- Added: Nov 20, 2011
- Length: 28:30
Speaking at a school board meeting is kind of like entering a twilight zone. Here's a discussion about why
Bought by KPIK-LP
- Added: Nov 11, 2011
- Length: 28:31
- Purchases: 1
A local educator and union activist responds to the recent comments of national education reformer who recently spoke at the City Club of Cleveland...
- Added: Nov 10, 2011
- Length: 28:31
37 million Americans are college dropouts. What wlll it take to get them back? (8/25/2011)
Bought by WMUU-LP, WTIP, KWIT, and NPR Illinois
- Added: Aug 26, 2011
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 4
Some nonprofits in the region that rely on government funding are in trouble. As a result, many are now looking at how they can get other sources o...
- Added: Jun 24, 2011
- Length: 03:14
Nursing is a hot career. The federal government says it will create more new jobs than any other profession in the coming years … almost 600,000 jo...
- Added: Jun 17, 2011
- Length: 03:36
Since the release of a biographical HBO film last year, Temple Grandin’s become even more of an unofficial spokesperson for autism.
- Added: Apr 20, 2011
- Length: 03:47
As the number of people with autism and Asperger’s Syndrome grows, more are heading off to college.
Bought by WABE, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Apr 20, 2011
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 4
More veterans are going back to school after Congress passed the post 9/11 GI bill last year. It set aside almost $4 billion in scholarship funding...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Dec 08, 2010
- Length: 04:35
- Purchases: 1
A new constitution in Kenya brings hope of a fresh start to millions.
And as schoolkids head back to the classroom, the World Vision report looks a...
- Added: Sep 03, 2010
- Length: 28:00
Thousands of homeless children in Los Angeles often slip through the cracks as their families move from home, to street, to shelter. Keeping homel...
- Added: Feb 19, 2010
- Length: 28:00
Thousands of homeless children in Los Angeles often slip through the cracks as their families move from home, to street, to shelter. Keeping homel...
- Added: Feb 19, 2010
- Length: 01:50:25
- Added: Nov 11, 2009
- Length: 23:12
One law firm in Nashville is training its younger, less expensive attorneys to take on trial work as clients look for ways to cut costs.
- Added: Oct 27, 2009
- Length: 04:07
- Purchases: 2
With school back in session, administrators have to deal with the possibility of swine flu in their classrooms.
- Added: Sep 02, 2009
- Length: 03:39
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
The Space Science Institute is launching a new $3 million project to develop a set of exhibits on asteroids and is using middle school students to ...
- Added: Mar 07, 2009
- Length: 05:24
The first student to graduate as part of a Syracuse University full scholarship for Native American students got his degree last month.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Jan 12, 2009
- Length: 07:22
- Purchases: 1
The newest, hottest idea in school reform seems to be paying students to learn. Is it a good idea, or a way to avoid tackling the tough issues? We ...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jul 30, 2008
- Length: 06:56
- Purchases: 1
How will it affect Reed when Stanford, Ivy League Schools Drop Tuition
- Added: Apr 20, 2008
- Length: 03:35
Fresh paint, watered plans, electricity: U.S. money helps spruce up a Malian school ahead of the First Lady's visit.
- Added: Apr 09, 2008
- Length: 05:40
Joshua Tree National Park struggles against global warming, pollution, and a flat budget.
- Added: Dec 11, 2007
- Length: 07:34
- Added: Sep 14, 2007
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
This is an in depth look at one of the many charter schools opening this fall in New Orleans
- Added: Sep 04, 2007
- Length: 12:59
The number of speakers of native languages is dwindling, despite programs designed to help save them.
Bought by KWIS 88.3 FM, KVMR, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Jul 30, 2007
- Length: 07:41
- Purchases: 3
