PRX - Pieces for Topic: Education
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During the 1940s, custodians who worked for the New York Public Library often lived inside the buildings they tended. In exchange for cleaning and ...
- Added: Oct 17, 2017
- Length: 02:11
In the 1990s, Johnny Holmes was head of security at a high school in Blue Island, Illinois, located just outside of Chicago, where he met Christian...
- Added: Oct 10, 2017
- Length: 02:19
Black girls make up for more than one-third of all girls with school related arrests. Yet, they comprise just 16-percent of female students.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Aug 23, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Blunt discusses cultural insensitivity in the digital age.
Bought by WFHB
- Added: Mar 23, 2015
- Length: 01:01:26
- Purchases: 1
A common topic among high schoolers when discussing the college application process and admittance is race. Listen to hear the opinions on affirmat...
- Added: Feb 20, 2015
- Length: 05:07
Malik Barrios, an 14 year old from Data High School and is a member of the New Mexico Youth Alliance. He was one of the speakers at the Martin Luth...
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WEZU, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 26, 2015
- Length: 01:08
- Purchases: 4
In 1964, more than 700 students from around the country joined organizers and locals in Mississippi to demand rights for black voters. Fifty years ...
- Added: Jan 12, 2015
- Length: 06:43
Dr. Jeff Menzise of Morgan State University's Institute for Urban Research talks with Jason Fuller of Generation Justice about education equity. In...
- Added: May 19, 2014
- Length: 14:28
Interview conducted by radio journalist Jake Feinberg with Roots Music Icon Taj Mahal. A discussion about the genesis of roots music and the music ...
- Added: Dec 18, 2013
- Length: 11:13
Twenty-three-year-old Tierra Jackson talks to John Horan, the president of her high school, about what her life was like when they first met.
Bought by WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUOW
- Added: Oct 16, 2012
- Length: 02:07
- Purchases: 3
American and South Africa’s schools are similar. Both have fallen short of producing an educational system consistent with its national goals of e...
- Added: Aug 24, 2012
- Length: 14:46
Tyrese Graham remembers his first day as a teacher at John Marshall Metropolitan High School in Chicago, IL.
- Added: May 29, 2012
- Length: 02:16
- Purchases: 2
John Hunter talks with two former students about what they learned playing the World Peace Game, which he created.
Bought by WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, WTJU, and KUOW
- Added: Jan 03, 2012
- Length: 02:53
- Purchases: 4
As of 2009, only a quarter of 18-24 year old black men were enrolled in college. But one Oakland foundation is trying to make this a thing of the p...
- Added: Jun 15, 2011
- Length: 04:54
How do educators make sure students don’t suffer for the way they talk?
- Added: Jan 27, 2011
- Length: 28:57
- Added: Feb 15, 2007
- Length: 07:37
- Purchases: 1
