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“Should there be national standards for education?”
From: Prairie Public
Series: Why? Philosophical Discussions About Everyday Life
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Jack Russell Weinstein visits with Michael Apple, professor of education at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. A leading theorist of education, ...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Sep 09, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Two Guys On Your Head: School and Boredom
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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In this episode of Two Guys on Your Head Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Robert Duke talk about some of the historical and present day factors that contrib...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Aug 23, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Zenobia Barlow Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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How do we raise children to be “eco-literate” and why does it matter? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
The Beat: Nikki Anderson-Weir - "Waterfall"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Nikki Anderson-Weir is a high school student in Bemidji. Recently she stopped into the Northern Community Radio studios in Bemidji and recorded som...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2013
  • Length: 01:18
6 Seconds: A Global Organization leading the way to Social and Emotional Learning
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
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
Room To Breathe: From Chaos to Peace in the Classroom
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Promotional picture from the Video Project, Credit: http://www.videoproject.com/roomtobreathe.html
At overcrowded and underfunded public schools across the country high suspension rates are exacerbating existing achievement gaps. Often, chaos in ...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Nov 23, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
THE BIG PICTURE -- RETHINKING DYSLEXIA -- James Redford Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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
StoryCorps: Ken Rensink and Laurel Hill-Ward
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Special education teacher Ken Rensink tells his friend Laurel Hill-Ward how surviving a near-fatal car crash influenced his teaching.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 1
Amricani
From: Sharif Youssef
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A personal narrative about a traumatizing experience I had in elementary school in Egypt.

  • Added: Oct 13, 2012
  • Length: 05:22
What's What Radio: Go Out and Play
From: Paul McCarthy
Series: What's What Radio
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Why is the parenting phrase "go out and play, kids!" becoming endangered? Meredith Grimm wanted to ask how parents avoid both hovering and neglect ...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 35:25
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Faith Boninger Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Faith Boninger, Ph.D., National Education Policy Center, discusses the full cost of commercialization of public education and food and beverage mar...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
Early Intervention to Reduce Dating and Domestic Violence (Peace Talks Radio) [59:00 / 54:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In an effort to stem the tide of dating violence and domestic violence, a school-based intervention program is being tried in Canada and a few U.S....

Bought by KUOW, KUOW, 90.5 WSNC, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 03, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 4
Youth Supporting Youth Minnesota at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Minnesota
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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In this Arts & Cultural Heritage news feature, Jeff Carmack explores an innovative arts program which has taken root at the Eastside Boys & Girls C...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2011
  • Length: 30:23
Peacemaking After Divorce: Peace Talks Radio (59:00 / 54:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Divorce can be one of the most challenging conflicts one can face. On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, we'll hear the divorce story of the coupl...

Bought by KUOW, KUOW, KUOW, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 23, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 4
The Last Word on Back to School
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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When the bell rings, you are supposed to be in your seat. You are now one of 27 child units in a classroom.

Bought by KZYX and WTIP


  • Added: Aug 30, 2010
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 2
Youth Voices On Peacemaking (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: Bashar Jawad, Lemanja Lambert + Luke Iha of KUNM's Youth Radio Project
Elementary, Middle and High School students all share stories about conflicts they face everyday, how they resolve them, and ideas about how to hel...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KGNU Community Radio, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Apr 27, 2010
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 4
School Building in Afghanistan To Promote Peace [Peace Talks Radio] (59:00 / 54:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Greg Mortenson, Credit: www.gregmortenson.com
This time Peace Talks Radio considers two men – Greg Mortenson and Dr. Mohammad Khan Kharoti (Hah-ROH-Tay)- who firmly believe that the path to rel...

Bought by WHRV, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 06, 2010
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 3
Anchorage Youth Court
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
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There are a group of teenagers in Anchorage trying to help other teens stay out of the court system

  • Added: Mar 30, 2010
  • Length: 04:33
Building Green
From: Bill Baue
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Active Exploration for Healthy Kids
From: Tom Niemisto
Caption: Children explore the river's wildlife, Credit: Brian Mohan
Clearwater acts as a model for letting children be active and interactive with nature on the Hudson River. Welcome aboard

  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 01:46
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
Glen Westbroek
From: Learning Matters
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A short piece of advice for the next president from Glen Westbroek, a middle school teacher.

  • Added: Oct 07, 2008
  • Length: 01:09
Dr. Steven Paine
From: Learning Matters
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A short piece of advice for the next president from Dr. Steven Paine, West Virginia's superintendent of schools.

  • Added: Sep 30, 2008
  • Length: 01:56
Amy Wilkins
From: Learning Matters
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A short piece of advice for the next president from the Educational Trust's Amy Wilkins.

  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
High Marks for Vallas
From: Learning Matters
Series: Paul Vallas in New Orleans
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Urban education expert Michael Casserly tells John Merrow why Superintendent Paul Vallas deserves an A- for his first year in New Orleans.

  • Added: Sep 18, 2008
  • Length: 09:56