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Bradley Scherzer teaches art with Fremont Ross High School in Fremont, Ohio. Much of his recent work has been organizing/engaging communities and y...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Apr 25, 2022
  • Length: 06:20
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
As economic gaps rise, students are often the most affected. In Utah, one school is finally taking a stand for less fortunate students.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
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Katie Davis tells the story of an inadvertent provocation between two boys at a teen center in her Washington, D.C. neighborhood, the conflict that...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jan 28, 2021
  • Length: 24:52
  • Purchases: 1
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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
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Based on the laws in the places they live and the adults who happen to be involved in their cases, kids in the juvenile justice system have dramati...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2020
  • Length: 32:10
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Knowing how to read and write well is fundamental to a good education. But what happens when schools in communities of color lack the resources for...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2020
  • Length: 04:09
Caption: Texas Folklife x Akins High Listening Party flyer, Credit: Jennifer (Amora) Arriaga
Artist profile of Carla Rondon, an Akins High School student from Cuba. This story is part of an audio series "See It Through My Eyes" created at A...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2020
  • Length: 05:45
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My piece depicts the systemic racism that has infested the educational system and environment.

  • Added: Dec 30, 2019
  • Length: 04:06
Caption: Borrowed, from Brooklyn Public Library, Credit: Meryl Friedman
Kairi Hollon tried to go to the library when he was a teenager in Brooklyn in the 1980s, but he kept getting kicked out. Years later, he came back ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 26, 2019
  • Length: 22:09
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Texas Folklife x Akins High Listening Party flyer, Credit: Jennifer (Amora) Arriaga
Akins High School has an annual fall festival called Blue and Gold Night. It's a night with many activities, including a pig kissing "contest." Pro...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2019
  • Length: 04:19
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There comes a moment in every school kid's life where it’s time where the student becomes the teacher. The Mortified Podcast celebrates kids who at...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2017
  • Length: 29:59
Caption: Kismet
In “Palm Treo”, Brittany and Eric talk about the secret parties that the RA’s at Howard University were throwing in 2005. Their podcast “For Colore...

  • Added: May 24, 2017
  • Length: 23:32
Caption: The View from Room 205
"The View from Room 205" is a one-hour documentary that takes an unflinching look at the intersection of poverty and education in this country. It ...

Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City, KICI Iowa City, WRIR, KUAF Public Radio, KISU and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 67
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Labre (pronounced labra) is a program named after St. Benedict Joseph Labre, Patron of the homeless, and is an outreach to the hungry. Each Monday,...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2017
  • Length: 06:19
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PREVIEW THE HOUR NOW! http://www.prx.org/pieces/194893-the-view-from-room-205 "The View from Room 205" is a one-hour documentary that takes an unf...

Bought by KUHF


  • Added: Dec 14, 2016
  • Length: 01:48
  • Purchases: 1
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In this episode of The Rough Draft Diaries, we'll continue our story on YAAW, that's The Young Artists at Work. In part one you heard from Michelle...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2016
  • Length: 06:12
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We're going back to school on The Rough Draft Diaries. Join us as we take a tour of the Maritime Academy Of Toledo with Superintendent, Tom Shafer.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2016
  • Length: 06:12
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Education is moving away from a more lecture style to a focus on interactivity while engaging and building relationships with students like never b...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2016
  • Length: 04:00
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Hundreds of students at Schools of the Sacred Heart in San Francisco are taking part in a nationwide Tech Timeout, challenging students to unplug f...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 24, 2015
  • Length: 05:22
  • Purchases: 1
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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
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I (Charlie Weber) call three friends who received their undergraduate degrees one year ago and ask them if they are happy with where they are and i...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2014
  • Length: 08:19
Caption: Jacqueline Belton helps Chynna Baker, 18, finish her prom outfit with heels. , Credit: Margaret J. Krauss
This week on What What Why, it's almost prom season and we're examining the event's significance. Love it, hate it, go to it or don’t, but prom is ...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2014
  • Length: 07:59
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What conclusions about parenthood will teenagers come to after participating in their AP Psychology class’ flour baby project? Listen as they share...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Apr 01, 2014
  • Length: 05:24
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: M. Scott Tatum
The following piece is a portrait of a relationship between a high school theatre teacher and his student.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: May 24, 2013
  • Length: 09:57
  • Purchases: 1
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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