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A dilapidated school in San Francisco's Mission District faces a vermin infestation, falling celling tiles, sewage problems and even natural gas le...
- Added: Oct 14, 2021
- Length: 29:32
Exploring solutions on kids struggling with low self-esteem.
- Added: Feb 13, 2020
- Length: 03:01
Documentary on a developmental affliction called "Sensory Processing Disorder."
- Added: Apr 09, 2018
- Length: 24:44
The right ear listens and comprehends slightly better than the left.
Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW
- Added: Dec 23, 2017
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 4
(9/11/17) Public schools are denying children with dyslexia proper treatment and often failing to identify them in the first place.
- Added: Sep 13, 2017
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 11
Adults can guide whether children categorize based on race or ethnicity through subtle changes in the way they use language. Bill Latimer finds out...
- Added: Apr 27, 2016
- Length: :59
Most parents of public school students in Wyoming can access all sorts of data on how their child’s school is doing, but the public cannot see test...
Bought by WABE
- Added: Feb 08, 2016
- Length: 04:51
- Purchases: 1
This documentary what it would take to improve American teaching on a wide scale. We meet researchers who are trying to understand what makes teach...
Bought by WMUU-LP, Prairie Public, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: Sep 10, 2015
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 3
Remember when you could get a job with just a high school diploma? By 2020, it’s projected that 65 percent of jobs will require a diploma, AND, hig...
- Added: Jul 30, 2015
- Length: 04:40
Nearly 8% of 3rd graders report non-suicidal self injury (NSSI), with nearly 23% of teens reporting the behavior in their lifetime. Bill Latimer fi...
- Added: May 20, 2015
- Length: :59
Video game critics say computer-generated play keeps kids glued to a screen. But at Createch Studio--a community center in St. Paul--staff are usin...
- Added: Mar 18, 2015
- Length: 05:26
Oakland schools have a dropout rate that’s higher than the state average. So, the district made solving the problem a priority. Officials started t...
- Added: Jan 13, 2015
- Length: 06:18
I am in a lab tucked away in the basement of a Stanford University engineering building. Bioengineering professor Manu Prakash is showing me a tiny...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 28, 2014
- Length: 07:09
- Purchases: 2
With the start of a new school year, families all around San Francisco are sending their children off with hopes for a good year and a bright futur...
- Added: Nov 28, 2014
- Length: 04:00
Every time news of another school shooting hits the headlines, so does the debate about how to keep children safe. After the shootings at Sandy Hoo...
- Added: Oct 21, 2014
- Length: 10:14
Natasha Mahia, a student at El Dorado elementary school in Visitacion Valley, is one of ROCK’s biggest fans. ROCK stands for Real Options for City ...
- Added: Oct 16, 2014
- Length: 04:37
Heightened curiosity about one subject primes people to learn less interesting information as well.
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Oct 11, 2014
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
Sixty years after the Supreme Court banned school segregation, a report found that schools are still segregated, and New York City schools more tha...
- Added: Sep 22, 2014
- Length: 07:16
This is the second hour of the forum held in Spanish at the University of Texas - Pan American in the heart of the Rio Grande Valley. This segment ...
- Added: Aug 30, 2014
- Length: 01:00:07
In Texas, more Latinos are enrolling into college than ever. Still, too many are dropping out of high school and ending their college education, pu...
- Added: Aug 30, 2014
- Length: 01:00:07
This segment of a community forum focuses on college costs and initiatives to make college education more affordable for students of working-class ...
Bought by KVSC and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
- Added: Aug 30, 2014
- Length: 01:00:09
- Purchases: 2
A school district on the Texas border with Mexico achieved an astounding transformation that could be an example for the rest of the nation. Pharr-...
Bought by KWMR
- Added: Aug 30, 2014
- Length: 01:00:07
- Purchases: 1
Most English learners in secondary school are considered Long Term English learners, meaning students who have been English learners for six-years ...
- Added: Aug 18, 2014
- Length: 08:18
Civil rights watchdogs found the vast majority of Alabama’s school districts were asking parents to provide their children’s Social Security number...
- Added: Aug 18, 2014
- Length: 54:26
Spanish-Speaking Kids Benefit from Oklahoma Pre-K - Children from low-income families, immigrant families, or who are English learners often come ...
- Added: Aug 15, 2014
- Length: 05:55