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World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts celebrates first International Day of the Girl Child
From: Alison Turner
Series: First International Day of the Girl
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Rosemary Hindle works at the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in Brussels, Belgium. She talked with Alison Turner about the signif...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2012
  • Length: 05:47
Sleep Depravity in College Students
From: Chuck Harris
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WRVG's Chuck Harris looks into how college students spend their precious sleep time.

  • Added: May 11, 2012
  • Length: 05:37
Soundtrack to School Violence
From: Philly Youth Radio
Series: Students of Violence
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Cristel Martinez came to America from the Dominican Republic with a dream to become a music producer. But the only music she hears in school, says ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WGXC, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 10, 2011
  • Length: 05:02
  • Purchases: 3
The Cycle of Cyberbullying
From: Philly Youth Radio
Series: Students of Violence
Caption: Self-portrait painted by Thien To
Twenty-year-old Thien To first learned about cyberbullying in her native Vietnam. The South Philadelphia High junior has since learned about cyberb...

Bought by WGXC


  • Added: Jul 10, 2011
  • Length: 05:48
  • Purchases: 1
Peer Mediation with a Pencil
From: Philly Youth Radio
Series: Students of Violence
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Shayla Torres dealt with a lot of violence in her last school, where she was a peer mediator. Here, the 17-year-old junior recalls one especially c...

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, and WGXC


  • Added: Jul 10, 2011
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 3
A Eulogy Too Soon
From: Philly Youth Radio
Series: Students of Violence
Caption: Luis Lopez, Credit: Craig Santoro
For Luis Lopez, violence arrived unexpectedly at his own front door. The seventeen-year-old sophomore starts his story in a classroom.

Bought by WHYY and WGXC


  • Added: Jul 10, 2011
  • Length: 01:55
  • Purchases: 2
Ethnic & Racial Diversity In American News
From: Joe Simpson
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Examining diversity in the newsroom and the news, trends of coverage of different ethnicities, and why the future may provide hope for more points ...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2011
  • Length: 03:49
School violence
From: Y-Press
Series: (w)indy
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Failing neighborhood schools often have neither the support nor resources to turn themselves around. Jesse Sharkey, Vice President of Chicago Teach...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 16, 2011
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 1
KUNM Youth Radio New Mexico Speaks Blog
From: KUNM
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Youth Radio has a new blog! We are excited to offer a space where youth, ages 12-30, can have a voice on important topics and issues of interest. W...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2011
  • Length: 07:59
Testing Teachers
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: Teacher Joe Curtis working with a student at Hardy Elementary School in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Credit: Emily Hanford
Kids need good teachers. It’s something people know instinctively. But experts disagree over how to measure teacher quality. (8/26/2010)

Bought by WMUU-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KPIP-LP, KMUZ, WTIP and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
The Soper Story
From: Sam Greenspan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Seeing a bully in a new light.

  • Added: Nov 22, 2010
  • Length: 06:45
Generation Plagiarism?
From: Learning Matters
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The New York Times recently referred to today's youth - the "digital natives" - as "Generation Plagiarism." What do young people have to say about ...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2010
  • Length: 03:43
Episode one
From: Adam Hochberg
Series: Campus Edition
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Pilot episode of "Campus Edition"

  • Added: Nov 11, 2009
  • Length: 23:12
Do the Write Thing
From: World Vision Report
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Across the country, kids are shaking the cobwebs out of their backpacks – and their brains -- and heading back to school. For many, the menu of wh...

  • Added: Sep 04, 2009
  • Length: 05:00
High School Senior Weighs Options
From: Youth Radio
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Like a lot of high school seniors, Mayra Jimenez is weighing her options after graduation, and hoping to be college bound but not broke.

Bought by KVNF, New Hampshire Public Radio, and Michigan Radio Economy Special


  • Added: Jun 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:42
  • Purchases: 3
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
Learn to Earn: The Story of Josh Ackley
From: Learning Matters
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The newest, hottest idea in school reform seems to be paying students to learn. Is it a good idea, or a way to avoid tackling the tough issues? We ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 30, 2008
  • Length: 06:56
  • Purchases: 1
WWOZ Street Talk- R.U.B.A.R.B Community Bike Shop
From: David Weinberg
Series: WWOZ- Street Talk
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We spend an afternoon at R.U.B.A.R.B a volunteer run bike shop for kids in the ninth ward

  • Added: Apr 03, 2008
  • Length: 05:11
College Success
From: WHPC
Caption: PRX default Piece image
There are no specific standards in a college environment and everyone can be successful

Bought by KRUA and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jul 23, 2007
  • Length: 04:22
  • Purchases: 2
Five Promos for "Daily Lessons: Inside Western Guilford High School"
From: WUNC
Series: Daily Lessons: Inside Western Guilford High School
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Five 30 Sec promos for high school series

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)


  • Added: Sep 06, 2006
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 1
Part 1: Welcome to Western Guilford
From: WUNC
Series: Daily Lessons: Inside Western Guilford High School
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We begin a series to better understand the challenges facing all high schools by looking closely at one school: Western Guilford High School in Gre...

Bought by WEZU, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 05, 2006
  • Length: 08:13
  • Purchases: 3
Part 2: Freshman Academy
From: WUNC
Series: Daily Lessons: Inside Western Guilford High School
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More students drop out in the 9th grade than any other year of school. At Western Guilford High School in Greensboro, North Carolina, school leader...

Bought by WEZU, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 05, 2006
  • Length: 08:16
  • Purchases: 3
Part 3: The Home Team
From: WUNC
Series: Daily Lessons: Inside Western Guilford High School
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A ball game at Western Guilford High School was once the "only" place to be on a Friday night. Western was the heart of a tight-knit community that...

Bought by WEZU, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 05, 2006
  • Length: 07:59
  • Purchases: 3
Part 4: What Are Kids Learning?
From: WUNC
Series: Daily Lessons: Inside Western Guilford High School
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Do you remember what you learned in high school? Much of what is taught stays the same, year after year, from generation to generation. Homer's Ody...

Bought by WEZU, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KZMU Moab Community Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 05, 2006
  • Length: 08:07
  • Purchases: 4
Part 5: What Are You Going to Be When You Grow Up?
From: WUNC
Series: Daily Lessons: Inside Western Guilford High School
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In Greensboro, North Carolina the textile and manufacturing industries once provided good jobs to generations of people with little or no education...

Bought by WEZU, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 05, 2006
  • Length: 08:02
  • Purchases: 3