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Caption: Miss Joanne, Credit: Olivia Polischeck
Even after 13 years, Olivia remembers the influence her preschool teacher, Miss Joanne, had on her in Room 1. Wanting to know more about Miss Joann...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2014
  • Length: 03:50
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The decision by Harvard and MIT to begin providing free courses to anyone, anywhere sparked an intense debate about the future of a bricks and mort...

Bought by WJCT, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KWMR, KRDP, and WLIW


  • Added: Nov 25, 2014
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 5
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School districts across the country are benefitting from farm to school programs, with fresh food and school gardens improving children’s health, g...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Rolanda Scott, Credit: John MacLellan
Art teacher and glass sculptor Rolanda Scott was first diagnosed with breast cancer years ago, but she kept teaching and for the longest while surv...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2014
  • Length: 28:20
Caption: Rolanda Scott , Credit: John MacLellan
Sometimes art can ease your pain, maybe even save your life. And the medium you started working in sometimes becomes another form all together. Rol...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2014
  • Length: 25:30
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In this episode, Bo interviews Dale McGowan, Executive Director of Foundation Beyond Belief. David left a 15-year career as a college professor in...

Bought by KFOI Radio


  • Added: Jul 02, 2014
  • Length: 53:24
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Diana Moya Lujan's piece at the Museum of International Folk Art
An N’MPower participant, who wishes to remain anonymous, interviews Spanish Colonial artist Diana Moya Lujan, in a community engagement project bet...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 05:57
Caption: 4th Grader Book Lovers
With budget cuts closing many Los Angeles school libraries, students told Hank Rosenfeld about their love of books and what they were currently re...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Feb 24, 2014
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 1
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The part of our brains that is responsible for generating creativity evolved throughout human existence to serve a problem solving function. If yo...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2013
  • Length: 07:20
Caption: John and classmate Taylor play Tony and Maria in West Side Story, part of Riverview School’s 2013 annual play. , Credit: Virginia Sutherland
The students at Riverview School are in most ways no different to teenagers at any other New England boarding school. They play soccer and run cro...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2013
  • Length: 04:50
Caption: Helping Others to Protect Themselves
A caller to my radio show "The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel and Control How You Feel" asked why the schools were not doing more to help his rela...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2013
  • Length: 19:43
Caption: Tri City People
Tri City Peoples Corporation assisting Foster Care Parents through peer counseling

  • Added: Aug 05, 2013
  • Length: 12:14
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Since she was a little girl, Saphira's life has been structured around the limits of Cerebral Palsey. Pushing through physical and emotional pain, ...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 06:17
  • Purchases: 1
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John Cruitt speaks with his former third grade teacher, Cecile Doyle, about how she helped him through his mother's death.

Bought by WEZU and WTJU


  • Added: Mar 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Emotion Roadmap Leading to social and emotional learning in schools
6 Seconds is a global organization and network supporting people to create positive change - everywhere, all the time. With offices in ten countri...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2013
  • Length: 55:24
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Tender shoots grow on the roofs of the Tenderloin, one of San Francisco's toughest neighborhoods. By tender shoots we mean fifth graders, who are l...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 13:55
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WTIP's Buck Benson chatted recently with Elizabeth Foy Larsen, co-author of "Unbored: The Essential Field Guide to Serious Fun, " which the (Minnea...

Bought by KVSC and KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 02, 2013
  • Length: 19:04
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: James Redford, San Francisco, CA  10/9/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
James Redford talks changing paradigms, educating for the future, and why being good to the environment is a win-win situation.

  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 22:12
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Michael Goldberg on going back to school.

  • Added: Sep 06, 2012
  • Length: 03:02
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Frustrated with the quality of your children’s school lunch? Want to know how to make positive change? Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, ...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
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Apparently, students' safety is the latest casualty of Governor Corbett's education budget cuts.

  • Added: May 15, 2012
  • Length: 04:44
Caption: Dr. Nancy Rappaport
About 10-percent of kids in school – approximately 9 to 13 million students – struggle with mental health problems. Whether they’re running out of ...

  • Added: May 11, 2012
  • Length: 17:25
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At the Reiche School, you'll never be sent to the principal's office.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 23, 2012
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Students in Art Vistas at Eastin Elementary. , Credit: Hana Baba
While budget cuts in Brisbane schools mean larger class sizes or pink slips for some teachers, in many schools they also translate into eliminating...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2011
  • Length: 08:26
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Nigel Chase spent much of his youth learning the art of making and playing steel drums with his father. Nigel now makes a living making pans, playi...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KLCC, WMPG, and KUT


  • Added: Jun 01, 2011
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 4