PRX - Pieces for Topic: Education
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An army whistle-blower returns to combat during the height of the surge in Iraq, now surrounded me hostile comrades. We then look at the morality o...
- Added: Feb 07, 2017
- Length: 46:14
Our lives are controlled by the invisible hand from the grave. Death does not prevent people from influencing the world with their wealth, but such...
- Added: Jan 24, 2017
- Length: 46:43
After an abrupt reversal 20 years ago, some prisons and colleges try to maintain college education for prisoners.
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WMUU-LP, Interlochen Public Radio, KUER, WSKG and more
- Added: Sep 08, 2016
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 16
The nation's high school graduation rate is at an all-time high, but high-poverty schools face a stubborn challenge. Schools in Miami and Pasadena ...
Bought by WMUU-LP, KOSU, WAER Syracuse, NY, WSKG, WRIR and more
- Added: Aug 31, 2016
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 17
A get-tough attitude prevailed among educators in the 1980s and 1990s, but research shows that zero-tolerance policies don't make schools safer and...
- Added: Aug 29, 2016
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 14
In Kansas, public schools are at the heart of a debate about how much money the state should budget for education -- a debate that comes down to a ...
- Added: Mar 08, 2016
- Length: 32:54
When we run out of ways to deal with a troubled child, often that child ends up in prison. In Illinois, thousands are incarcerated every year. We i...
- Added: Apr 28, 2010
- Length: 53:58
- Purchases: 3
A fake city comes to life to prove that dialogue and ideas can transform a region.
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, Louisville Public Media, PRX Remix, KUT, KUOW and more
- Added: Aug 11, 2008
- Length: 17:51
- Purchases: 6
Amayatou Mbaye, unable to read or write French until age 14, has led a school for nearly 30 years to bring education to the street
Bought by WRVO Public Media and NPR Station Showcase with PRX
- Added: Jul 04, 2008
- Length: 06:43
- Purchases: 2
