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Debate about... lunch?
From: WTIP
Series: Engaging Youth Through Radio Project
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What would be the reason for the closure of off-campus lunch? Youth Producer Sean MacDonell looks into a controversial policy change at his rural s...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 29, 2014
  • Length: 12:38
  • Purchases: 1
Determined to Graduate: 'You're Going to See Me on That Stage'
From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Educating on the Edge
Caption: Paula Dinh, a student at West Brooklyn Community High School, Credit: Jennifer Hsu/WNYC
It was a battle to the end for high school senior Paula Dinh. After years of skipping class and other bad habits, followed by a big push to change ...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Jul 22, 2014
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 1
How One Student Who 'Hates School' Finds Her Path to Graduation
From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Educating on the Edge
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For high school senior Paula Dinh, the path to graduation has been a long one, with times when she questioned her ability — and desire — to finish ...

Bought by WNIJ


  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 1
Wendy Davis Filibuster
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
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During the Wendy Davis Filibuster the nation was glued to their radios and television sets to see the outcome of this now historic moment. Wendy wa...

  • Added: Nov 26, 2013
  • Length: 02:20
Stressed-Out Students
From: Humankind
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Ideal for broadcast late-Summer / early- Fall, this new 1-hr. documentary from Humankind examines the epidemic of high anxiety among secondary scho...

Bought by WVTF, WSKG, KRCB 104.9, KUAF Public Radio, WYAP and more


  • Added: Jul 09, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 24
First in the Family
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Nearly a third of college students in the United States are first-generation—meaning their parents and grandparents didn’t go. For many of these st...

Bought by WCNY, WCWP, and WTJU


  • Added: May 31, 2013
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 3
IOU: Stories of Student Debt
From: Radio - Columbia College Chicago
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Is college really worth it? Student producers delve into this issue in a half-hour program about the student debt crisis. Radio Documentary student...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: May 18, 2013
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
Culturology: An essay from Erika Kooda - The Ways Northern Community Radio Breaks the Mold
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
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Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School and an intern at Northern Community Radio. During the school year she's been checking in with e...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Apr 17, 2013
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 1
Invisible Americans: Stories from the New Immigrants
From: Black Swan Arts
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Invisible Americans: Stories from the New Immigrants explores the lives of immigrants through the eyes of children. “One of the values of seeing t...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, Louisville Public Media, KQED and more


  • Added: Apr 09, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
If We Can Get The Beast Out of His Lair...
From: Radio K
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In 1913, the American Social Hygiene Association launched a campaign to eradicate sexually transmitted diseases and prostitution. The subject was c...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 11, 2012
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
Culture Queue: "The Rise of the Fall Semester"
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Culture Queue
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This week on Culture Queue, we prepare our listeners for the start of the new semester at the University of Minnesota. We start with our Question o...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 31:04
  • Purchases: 1
Quick Queue: Four Days a Week
From: Radio K
Series: Quick Queue
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Four Days A Week, by Marjorie Otto. North Branch High School cut one school day in order to cut operating costs. Now Marjorie Otto returns to her h...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 01:12
  • Purchases: 1
SWAT Bullying Segment
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Photo from Flickr
Youth Media Project and SWAT (Student Wellness Action Team) members from Santa Fe High and Capshaw Middle School have come together to produce an A...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Sep 17, 2012
  • Length: 29:32
  • Purchases: 1
Markeal Dickey - Lincoln High School Senior & Distinguished Young Gentlemen of America member
From: The National Center for Media Engagement
Series: American Graduate
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Markeal Dickey reflects on his high school experience and offers advice to upcoming students

  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:54
Carlton Brimm - Lincoln High School Senior
From: The National Center for Media Engagement
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Carlton Brimm learns valuable life skills in addition to formal education

  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:46
Pete Love - Chiles High School
From: The National Center for Media Engagement
Series: American Graduate
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High School Junior Pete Loves shares his feelings of success, defeat and perseverance in school.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:58
NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS: Robert Baade - RFK Charter High School
From: The National Center for Media Engagement
Series: American Graduate
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Robert Baade is interviewed about his methods addressing diverse groups of students.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 07:43
NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS: AVID = Advancement Via Individual Determination
From: The National Center for Media Engagement
Series: American Graduate
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New Mexico students express their motivations for coming to school and what drives them to graduate, in part thanks to AVID.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 04:51
Charter School Likely Coming To Chapel Hill
From: WUNC
Series: American Graduate
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Dave DeWitt reports that a proposed charter school in Chapel Hill has educators and families there picking sides.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 04:12
  • Purchases: 1
'Reclaim Your Future': Vegas Aims to Change Odds for High School Dropouts
From: The National Center for Media Engagement
Series: PBS Newshour
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Trying to entice wayward students back to class in Las Vegas, Chaparral High School Principal David Wilson led teams into communities to knock on d...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2012
  • Length: 07:57
The Community Has Spoken. We Reject This Plan.
From: On Blast
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The Philadelphia School District released a plan to close schools, dismantle the school district as we know it, eliminate union jobs & and privatiz...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2012
  • Length: 04:15
How Students Fought to Keep Furness High School Open
From: On Blast
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When students at Furness High School found out that their school was on the School District's list of potential school closures, they were shocked.

  • Added: Apr 11, 2012
  • Length: 04:57
Creating Nonviolent Schools and Communities: Highlights from MLK Day
From: On Blast
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How can we make schools safer without criminalizing youth? How can we confront bias violence? What kinds of restorative practices should we impleme...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 05:47
  • Purchases: 1
ROTC
From: Radio K
Series: Quick Queue
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Not just citizen soldiers, but student soldiers.

  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 01:31
Body Modification Segmemt
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Photo by: bucaorg, Flickr
In this episode, youth in and around Santa Fe discuss the world of body modification. From tattoos having symbolic meaning to them being a part of ...

Bought by KUNM, Vocalo.org, and KRZA


  • Added: Jan 02, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3