PRX - Pieces for Topic: Education
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It may seem obvious that the academic demands on an 11th grader are more intense than a 2nd grader. However, what may be surprising is the number o...
- Added: Jan 20, 2015
- Length: 03:43
Follow Sierra on her progressive college journey as she realizes that finding the right college is as difficult as Goldilocks finding the right bo...
- Added: Aug 26, 2013
- Length: 03:00
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
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
To be black and male in America carries with it a certain baggage. Two out of three black male students in Rochester are failing to graduate. "Need...
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 27:10
Rolanda Scott can take a chunk of solid glass, drop it in a flower pot then super heat it in her kiln, turning it into liquid, which she then pours...
- Added: Oct 18, 2011
- Length: 53:46
Deputy Superintendent Michael Haggen discusses how new programs are helping students in New Orleans' alternative schools develop a voice.
- Added: Apr 19, 2010
- Length: 05:06
Khalil Osiris’ “Circle of Courage” is one strategy the Booker T. Washington middle school is using to try and help students stay out of trouble and...
- Added: Apr 19, 2010
- Length: 07:30
This documentary won a 2010 Peabody Award. Nationwide, suburban schools are doing a good job educating white students, but those schools are not ge...
Bought by WNYC, WAER Syracuse, NY, KUER, WESM 91.3 FM, WITF and more
- Added: Sep 26, 2009
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 40
This piece investigates the experiences of teen drivers and the adults who support them.
Bought by KUT, WRNC-LP, Littleglobe, WXLV-FM, and WXLV-FM
- Added: Jul 27, 2006
- Length: 10:46
- Purchases: 5
Eighteen year old Josh Dayton lives in the real world, and his own fantasy world.
- Added: Jan 10, 2005
- Length: 07:24
- Purchases: 2
