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Parents, Employees Question Cuts To Durham Schools
From: WUNC
Series: American Graduate
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Reductions in state funding have forced school districts across the state to cut millions from their budgets. But parents, employees and activists ...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2017
  • Length: 02:57
One School District Tries To Change The Status Quo In AP Classes
From: WUNC
Series: American Graduate
Caption: Thomasville sophomore Denise Dominguez takes AP music theory, one of the hardest AP classes., Credit: Jess Clark, WUNC
Not every student has equal access to AP classes, especially in rural districts. We take a loot at how Thomasville City Schools, a small district i...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2017
  • Length: 03:40
What It's Like Inside A Low-Performing School
From: WUNC
Series: American Graduate
Caption: Lead teacher Amy Brewer goes over a Math lesson at Concord Middle School in Cabarrus County., Credit: Reema Khrais
Reema Khrais reports on how teacher retention issues impact low-performing schools.

  • Added: Sep 12, 2017
  • Length: 04:01
Girls Who Code
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Reshma Saujani
The world of technology is male driven. Very few women are represented in leadership roles. For decades now, there’s been a major gender diversity ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 06, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Autism in the Engineering Classroom
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
Caption: The cover art for this episode is full of origami cranes, and it is inspired by “the birds activity” from past podcast guest Ellen Browne, which Melanie describes at the end of this episode; it is also inspired by the colored puzzle pieces historically us, Credit: Pios Labs
In the big push for more engineers today, can we get them from autistic students? Research has shown that college students with autism spectrum dis...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KWMR


  • Added: Aug 27, 2017
  • Length: 40:45
  • Purchases: 2
Degrees of Separation: School Systems (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series
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In the final episode of our special series on education and inequality, we dive deep into the debate over charters, examine new ways school distric...

Bought by WHFR and WCPN


  • Added: Aug 25, 2017
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 2
Degrees of Separation: School Systems (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series
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In the final episode of our special series on education and inequality, we dive deep into the debate over charters, examine new ways school distric...

Bought by WHFR, KWMR, WMUU-LP, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Aug 25, 2017
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 4
Degrees of Separation: School Systems (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series
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In the final episode of our special series on education and inequality, we dive deep into the heated debate over charters.

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA


  • Added: Aug 25, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Degrees of Separation: School Systems (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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In the final episode of our special series on education and inequality, we dive deep into the debate over charters, examine new ways school distric...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Aug 25, 2017
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 1
Degrees of Separation: School Systems (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In the final episode of our special series on education and inequality, we dive deep into the debate over charters, examine new ways school distric...

Bought by WCNY, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WCWP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Aug 25, 2017
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 10
Degrees of Separation: School Systems (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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In the final episode of our special series on education and inequality, we dive deep into the heated debate over charters.

Bought by WJCT, KMUN, WVAS, WLPR , KKRN and more


  • Added: Aug 25, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Problem of Rural Schools (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Nearly a quarter of Virginia’s schools are in rural areas. According to one researcher, Federal education policy could threaten the sustainability ...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Aug 25, 2017
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 1
STEM for Girls
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
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It probably won’t surprise you but boys and girls are not on a par with STEM programs: That’s the shorthand term for science, technology, engineeri...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 02, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Degrees of Separation: Teachers (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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From mandatory testing to terrible pay, teachers face formidable obstacles to doing their job and doing it well. We look into the reasons teachers ...

Bought by WNMU-FM and WCPN


  • Added: Jul 28, 2017
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
Degrees of Separation: Teachers (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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From mandatory testing to terrible pay, teachers face formidable obstacles to doing their job and doing it well. We look into the reasons teachers ...

Bought by WCNY, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KQED, KUAF Public Radio, KUNM and more


  • Added: Jul 28, 2017
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 20
Degrees of Separation: Teachers (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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From mandatory testing to terrible pay, teachers face formidable obstacles to doing their job and doing it well. We look into the reasons teachers ...

Bought by WJCT, WCQS, KVSC, KMUN, WLPR and more


  • Added: Jul 28, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
Degrees of Separation: Teachers (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series
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From mandatory testing to terrible pay, teachers face formidable obstacles to doing their job and doing it well. We look into the reasons teachers...

Bought by WHFR


  • Added: Jul 28, 2017
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
Degrees of Separation: Teachers (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series
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From mandatory testing to terrible pay, teachers face formidable obstacles to doing their job and doing it well. We look into the reasons teachers ...

Bought by WHFR, KWMR, and WLIW


  • Added: Jul 28, 2017
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 3
Degrees of Separation: Teachers (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series
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From mandatory testing to terrible pay, teachers face formidable obstacles to doing their job and doing it well. We look into the reasons teachers ...

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA


  • Added: Jul 28, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Teacher of the Year (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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It’s no secret that teachers are underpaid and underappreciated. But when a state’s Teacher of the Year jumps ship, it gets a lot of attention. Lil...

Bought by KENW and Radio Catskill


  • Added: Jul 27, 2017
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 2
Campus Confidential
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Jacques Berlinerblau
In the 1970s, over half of America’s university professors were tenured or on the tenure track. Today that figure is around 25-percent and falling.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 27, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Cost of For-Profit College (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Are for-profit colleges and universities worth the money? Lilia Fuquen reports that according to a new study, for-profit colleges are not only cost...

Bought by KENW and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 23, 2017
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 2
Ms. Pearce
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Fulmore Middle School 2017
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Ms. Pearce talks about her life and career, which led her to Fulmore Middle School.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2017
  • Length: 03:42
Social Media Scrubbing (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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With graduation ceremonies wrapping up across the country, it’s time for that dreaded next chapter: the job hunt. But for those students scrambling...

Bought by KZYX, KENW, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WOUB


  • Added: Jun 02, 2017
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 4
The Black Escalation Effect (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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For decades, studies have shown African-American students are disciplined more often and with greater consequences than their white peers. Now, a n...

Bought by KENW, WOUB, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 26, 2017
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 3

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