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Episode 2: Entering the system
From: Rebecca Blatt
Series: Kids Imprisoned
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A child's arrest is the first official step into the juvenile justice system, but law enforcement practices push kids out of other systems that are...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2020
  • Length: 28:24
It All Began in Room 1
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Elements by Open Orchard Productions
Caption: Miss Joanne, Credit: Olivia Polischeck
Even after 13 years, Olivia remembers the influence her preschool teacher, Miss Joanne, had on her in Room 1. Wanting to know more about Miss Joann...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2014
  • Length: 03:50
On Stage at Riverview School
From: Vanessa Barchfield
Caption: John and classmate Taylor play Tony and Maria in West Side Story, part of Riverview School’s 2013 annual play. , Credit: Virginia Sutherland
The students at Riverview School are in most ways no different to teenagers at any other New England boarding school. They play soccer and run cro...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2013
  • Length: 04:50
School
From: Janie B
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By interviewing seven high school students, ranging from sophomores to senoirs, this audio documentary captures the esscense of high school, and al...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 14, 2013
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 1
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 No Principal Principle
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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At the Reiche School, you'll never be sent to the principal's office.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 23, 2012
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 2
Read, Read, Read!
From: Learning Matters
Series: Lessons from Haiti: Schools after the earthquake
Caption: Mackenton Louis reads to a group of kids at Lycee Toussaint L'Ouverture in Port-au-Prince, Credit: Judith Scherr/Learning Matters
A group of readers heads out to tent camps around Haiti to read to children displaced by the earthquake.

  • Added: Nov 22, 2010
  • Length: 07:52
Despite Budget Cuts, Youth Meet Their Own Needs
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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When the City of Oakland cut their after school homework help program, High school senior Nora Rose started volunteering at her library to help fil...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2010
  • Length: 02:18
Teachers that care (Youth radio production from western Zambia
From: michal rahfaldt
Series: World Cup in My Village
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To what degree do teachers play a role in a child’s performance at school? Are teachers the key ingredient in a school’s success or failure? Many ...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2010
  • Length: 01:47
Lindsay Ordower - "The Go Getter"
From: Learning Matters
Series: The Real World of Teach for America
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Meet Lindsay Ordower from Mount Holyoke College. She came to Teach for America determined to succeed. But on any given school day, Lindsay’s classr...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2010
  • Length: 05:41
Teacher
From: Radio Rookies
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A teenage boy deals with the death of a beloved teacher.

  • Added: Jun 01, 2006
  • Length: 08:11
In a Bubble
From: Hillary Frank
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Four teens talk about what it's like to be quiet in school.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, Remix Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WMPG, East Village Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 24, 2005
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 8