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Despite Budget Cuts, Youth Meet Their Own Needs
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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When the City of Oakland cut their after school homework help program, High school senior Nora Rose started volunteering at her library to help fil...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2010
  • Length: 02:18
Jewish Yoga
From: Andrew Hiller
Caption: Valerie Greenfeld leads Torah Yoga Tot Shabbat Program, Credit: Courtesty: Andrew Hiller
In Washington, at D.C.'s Sixth and I Synagogue, toddlers are taking their first steps, attending their first services and singing their first Jewis...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 15, 2010
  • Length: 06:22
  • Purchases: 1
Schools in Buses
From: World Vision Report
Series: Stories from the World Vision Report
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Sometimes the biggest barrier to educating children is finding a school to go to There just aren’t enough schools for everyone who needs one. That...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 03, 2010
  • Length: 05:21
  • Purchases: 1
Free Tutor in India
From: World Vision Report
Series: Stories from the World Vision Report
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In India, a new law could affect the lives of millions of children. The Right to Education act guarantees a free education to every child in India ...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2010
  • Length: 05:30
Ghost Schools
From: Seattle Globalist
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Primary education is compulsory in Pakistan, and the country has a large public school system. But many of these schools are just marginally functi...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WBEZ


  • Added: Aug 20, 2010
  • Length: 06:45
  • Purchases: 2
Lindsay Ordower - "The Go Getter"
From: Learning Matters
Series: The Real World of Teach for America
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Meet Lindsay Ordower from Mount Holyoke College. She came to Teach for America determined to succeed. But on any given school day, Lindsay’s classr...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2010
  • Length: 05:41
School on Wheels
From: World Vision Report
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A study out this week shows that joblessness among low-income workers has reached a staggering 30%. So it’s no surprise that the number of homeles...

Bought by KZYX and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 19, 2010
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 2
Preperation for National History Day at SCSU's Miller Learning Resource Center
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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KVSC Arts and Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack reports on the Library Day held at St. Cloud State University for middle school students as t...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2010
  • Length: 26:07
Hot Lunch
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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For many, the term "lunch lady" conjures an image of a grouchy woman in a hair net, who's just as scary as the unidentifiable food she's serving.

Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, SALTcast Podcast, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 4
Schools in the Philippines cope with flooding
From: UNICEF
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Four major typhoons hit the Philippines in just under two months. Teachers and school administrators used alternative teaching strategies to cope ...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2009
  • Length: 07:41
Picture Day!
From: Big Shed Audio
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Spend a day with a school-portrait photographer at an elementary school in the Washington, DC.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Oct 25, 2009
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 3
Native Americans Special
From: Radijojo World Children's Radio Network
Caption: Radijojo's presenter Christine
This is a varied piece dealing in all aspects of the Native American. Children of the Montessori Elementary School in Kronberg nearby Frankfurt am ...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2009
  • Length: 29:58
Berlin Chicago Kids Talk
From: Radijojo World Children's Radio Network
Caption: Richton Park school kids in Chicago interviewing Berlin Kids live
This segment clearly illustrates the virtually endless possibilities inherent in new forms of media and its impact on primary school children worl...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Sep 29, 2009
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Ghost Schools
From: World Vision Report
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Primary education is compulsory in Pakistan, but five million children don’t go to school. Cronyism, corruption, and chronic absenteeism on the pa...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 11, 2009
  • Length: 06:49
  • Purchases: 1
The Ocean As Classroom
From: Ari Daniel
Series: Ocean Gazing
Caption: Brunswick Acres Elementary School (Kendall Park, NJ) students Alec, Janani, Megha, Nikita, Pritha., Credit: J Benoff
Janice McDonnell and Jim Yoder describe the urgent need to translate ocean science into formal and informal educational opportunities across the co...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 14, 2009
  • Length: 09:55
  • Purchases: 1
Hudson River Gybe of Silence
From: Clearwater Moment
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Sailing maneuver during the moment of Silence

  • Added: Apr 02, 2009
  • Length: 01:46
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
Call Me "Mister"
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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The need for male African-American elementary teachers remains pressing.

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


  • Added: Feb 11, 2009
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 3
Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation Award
From: Marie Lovejoy
Series: WWOZ's Street Talk
Caption: Kelvin Harrison at Work, Credit: Tricia Steel
New Orleans Teacher Receives Coveted Award

  • Added: Dec 28, 2008
  • Length: 06:00
A Natural Playground
From: Willa Kammerer
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Gone are the swings, monkey bars and spiral slides. A new type of playground takes a more low-tech approach.

  • Added: Nov 25, 2008
  • Length: 04:53
Tibetan Kids Keep Their Culture Alive in LA
From: The Tibet Connection
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Tibetan children from 6 to 14 years share their thoughts on their identity in a Tibetan language and culture class in the heart of Los Angeles

  • Added: Jun 06, 2008
  • Length: 09:12
Communityville (1st Grade Room)
From: David Green
Series: School Scenes
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Nine-year-old Madison looks back at the happy and creative days of first grade, when her class built an entire town in their classroom.

Bought by WTIP and Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Apr 30, 2008
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 2
Learning is Natural, School is Optional
From: Deb Krumholz
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A discussion with the founder of a self-directed learning center for teens who challenges the conventional wisdom that we must all graduate from hi...

Bought by WDBM and WTJU


  • Added: Nov 30, 2007
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 2
Star Gazers: A Teacher's Journey
From: Marfa Public Radio
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Who teaches teachers? Learning astronomy at the McDonald Observatory in Texas.

  • Added: Nov 19, 2007
  • Length: 09:45
Iraqi children celebrate their return to school
From: UNICEF
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This story is free! It is a feature with interviews with two Iraqi school kids trying to get an education despite the difficulties associated with ...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Oct 17, 2007
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 1