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Seniority policy puts Futures Elementary teachers at risk
From: KALW
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Activists gathered in Sacramento Monday as part of a weeklong demonstration against budget cuts to schools. Sixty-five protesters were arrested for...

  • Added: May 16, 2011
  • Length: 06:53
School Choice by Jerry Cruz and Allison Albrecht of Radio Arte and Y-Press
From: YouthCast
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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
Race Manners with Bruce A. Jacobs Part 2
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
Caption: Bruce A. Jacobs, Credit: via www.aliasbruce.typepad.com
Today we continue our conversation and lecture on Race Manners with Bruce A. Jacobs. In our interview we ask about what cities in the US are have t...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2010
  • Length: 31:29
Race Manners with Bruce A. Jacobs Part 1
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
Caption: Bruce A. Jacobs, Credit: www.aliasbruce.typepad.com
Today on a very special Culture Clique we cover a topic that some people approach timidly: Race Manners. We visit with Bruce A. Jacobs, author of R...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 23, 2010
  • Length: 39:24
  • Purchases: 1
Antioch Alumni Gather For Reunion When College Needs Them Most
From: NPR Economic Training Project
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Alumni of Antioch are being asked to carry the torch to reopen the College.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 30, 2009
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 1
School on Wheels
From: Leslie Griffin
Series: Los Angeles features
Caption: school on wheels logo, Credit: www.schoolonwheels.org
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
Changes to Tuition Rules Could Hurt Small, Private Schools
From: Ethan Lindsey
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How will it affect Reed when Stanford, Ivy League Schools Drop Tuition

  • Added: Apr 20, 2008
  • Length: 03:35
The Student Loan Struggle
From: Colin Kelley
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Debt from student loans is on the rise. How some former and current students are struggling with college debt.

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KRUA, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 08, 2008
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 4
Reviving Physical Education in NY Schools
From: NYCity News Service
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Gym class and recess have become a shrinking part of the New York City public school curriculum over the last three decades.

  • Added: Oct 26, 2007
  • Length: 15:00
Getting Out
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
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Politicians are always talking about the brain drain of talented students from their state. Alaska is no different.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: May 09, 2007
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 1
Disabled But Able
From: Jennifer Neeley
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For the disabled, the weakened economy has lead to layoffs, rejection and difficulty achieving or maintaining independence. Centers like the one in...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 02, 2007
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 1
Commentary: Our Undervalued Teachers
From: Dick Meister
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Despite the great importance of teachers, they are by far the most poorly paid of all professionals.

  • Added: Apr 11, 2007
  • Length: 03:36
Students' Rights: Then and Now
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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In 1969 the Supreme Court found that students "do not shed their constitutional rights...at the schoolhouse gate." Today, most schools retain the r...

Bought by KUOW, WXLV-FM, KOOP, WXLV-FM, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 21, 2006
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 5
Sundown Towns
From: Talking History
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Our interview features James Loewen who discusses the historical practice of banning minorities after sundown in American communities, plus our reg...

Bought by KDUR


  • Added: Feb 04, 2006
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Court of Appeals in Salida
From: KRCC-FM
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Court hears cases at Salida High

  • Added: Nov 22, 2005
  • Length: 05:13
Academic Watch
From: KRCC-FM
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Northern Colorado school district in trouble

  • Added: Nov 22, 2005
  • Length: 04:45
Local Schools Tackle No Child Left Behind
From: KRCC-FM
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School officials talk about NCLB

  • Added: Sep 28, 2005
  • Length: 06:21
Science Education Conference
From: KRCC-FM
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A meeting on what to do about science education

  • Added: Sep 23, 2005
  • Length: 04:45
Teaching History
From: Talking History
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Interview focuses on the teaching of history in today's classrooms, commentary examines what we learn from history,

  • Added: Sep 07, 2005
  • Length: 29:00
Teaching History
From: Talking History
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Jacquelyn Hall, Professor of History at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill discusses teaching history in schools with host Bryan Le Beau and...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Sep 07, 2005
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Blind Workforce
From: KEDM
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This story explores employment challenges through the candid viewpoints of adults with disabilities and the people who advocate for their employment.

  • Added: Jul 27, 2005
  • Length: 11:33
Proust, cattle and self-governance
From: Claes Andreasson
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About the unique and little known Deep Springs College

Bought by WCFM and WUAL


  • Added: Jul 19, 2004
  • Length: 10:21
  • Purchases: 2