PRX - Pieces for Topic: Education

Can't find it? Try Advanced Search
View by:

55 results


National Latino Heritage Month and Latino Education
From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera
Piece image
The role that National Latino Heritage Month plays in education leads Pedro Noguera to share some of the benefits that students experience when the...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 03, 2014
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 1
Cultural Understanding of Latino Students with Diverse Experiences
From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera
Piece image
Pedro Noguera points out the different needs within the diverse Latino community and encourages educators to find the patterns that can be identifi...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 03, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Parental Involvement & Latino Education
From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera
Piece image
The role of parental involvement is at the heart of this discussion. Pedro Noguera shapes the conversation by defining successful parental involve...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 03, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Strategies to Meet Unique Needs of Latino Students
From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera
Piece image
Affirming Latino students, cultivating a desire to learn, and showing support are just a few of the subjects covered by Pedro Noguera as he expands...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 03, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
Test Preparation for Critical Thinkers
From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera
Piece image
Dr. Pedro Noguera urges educators to focus on providing students with a well-rounded education that includes the arts and some form of physical act...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 26, 2014
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Teacher Training & Progressive Education
From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera
Piece image
Dr. Pedro Noguera suggests how taking a more constructive approach of providing teachers with background information to make them more familiar wit...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 26, 2014
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Latino Students & Testing
From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera
Piece image
Dr. Pedro Noguera urges listeners to identify schools that are serving Latino students and English language learners in particular, and to use thos...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 26, 2014
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 2
Latino Student College Readiness
From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera
Piece image
The conversation regarding how the Latino student population throughout the nation will be tested to determine their readiness for the future ensue...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2014
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 2
Language and Cultural Barriers
From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera
Piece image
Bridging the socio-cultural gap between bilingual students and their teachers is explored as Dr. Pedro Noguera discusses the crucial points for edu...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2014
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Common Core & Latino Education
From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera
Piece image
While addressing the government’s involvement in supporting school reform for Latino students, Dr. Pedro Noguera highlights the common core standar...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2014
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Race Equity: Luna Olavarria Gallegos
From: Generation Justice Admin
Caption: Luna Olavarria Gallegos, Credit: Generation Justice
Do you know what race equity is? Luna Olavarria Gallegos speaks about her experiences in high school and what schools can do to address the needs o...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2013
  • Length: 04:47
Latino Students and College
From: Fusion Youth Radio
Series: FYR Season 2
Piece image
Ben Calvo is an 18 year old, Latino, high schooler who plans on attending Virginia Tech in the fall. He decided to interview some other Latinos in ...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2013
  • Length: 04:10
Un Mundo Libre de Drogas
From: Voces de Nuestro Mundo
Piece image
Hablamos sobre las drogas con las que experimentan los jóvenes, tendencias y prevención. We talk about the drugs young people are exposed to, cu...

Bought by KDNA Radio


  • Added: Jan 10, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Los Hispanos y la Educación Superior
From: Voces de Nuestro Mundo
Piece image
Guide to Hispanics students on how to prepare for college. Guía para la preparación universitaria para estudiantes Hispanos.

Bought by KDNA Radio


  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
New Mexico SBA Testing
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Photo by dieselbug
Public education is a huge deal in New Mexico- Aaron Baca, a junior at Capital Highschool, discusses his newest problem with his schooling: a test ...

  • Added: May 04, 2012
  • Length: 03:49
StoryCorps NTI: Kate Musick and Harleé Patrick, Jose Catalan and Carlos Vizcarra
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Kate Musick (L) with her former student Harleé Patrick (R)
Two stories about teachers who went beyond the classroom to help their kids.

Bought by WEZU, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, WTJU, and KUOW


  • Added: May 01, 2012
  • Length: 02:50
  • Purchases: 4
Bullying Culture in Boyle Heights
From: Sara Harris
Piece image
Oscar Rodriguez and René Ayala look at how the subtlest forms of bullying serve as cultural cues for peer intervention in a majority-Latino high sc...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Jan 24, 2012
  • Length: 07:50
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps NTI: Sarah Benko and Meliza Arellano
From: StoryCorps
Piece image
Meliza Arellano tells Sarah Benko, her former seventh-grade teacher, about how she became a serious student.

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 01:46
  • Purchases: 2
Rising by Degrees
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: Students on their graduation day from Montgomery College, a community college in Maryland. Most young Latinos looking for a way up through higher education choose community college, but a lot of them never make it to graduation day. , Credit: Emily Hanford
Young Latinos are the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population, and they are among the least likely to graduate from college. (11/5/2009)

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM, KPIP-LP, KQED, KZYX, Nevada Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
Is There Such a Thing as a Perfect School?
From: MAA ESL
Series: Transitions
Piece image
Diana's experience transferring from a school in Brooklyn to one in the Bronx.

  • Added: Feb 01, 2011
  • Length: 09:29
Diana's Interview with Kevin
From: MAA ESL
Series: Transitions
Piece image
Diana interviews Kevin, her younger brother, about moving from Brooklyn to the Bronx.

  • Added: Feb 01, 2011
  • Length: 01:32
A Lesson in Prison Life
From: Kathryn Petruccelli
Piece image
Paul Karrer, a long-time elementary school teacher in Castroville, CA speaks about his relationship with a former student who was sentenced to life...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2010
  • Length: 16:36
American Dreamer: Sam's Story (half-hour version)
From: Long Haul Productions
Piece image
Every year, an estimated 65,000 undocumented students graduate from American high schools. Raised entirely in American culture, they finish high s...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KGLT, KCRW, KFAI Minneapolis, and KSFR


  • Added: Jun 22, 2010
  • Length: 26:09
  • Purchases: 5
A Big Change in My Life
From: Children's PressLine
Piece image
In an ESL class, everyone is new to the country. They're learning a new language, new customs... But what's it like to learn English in a class whe...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2010
  • Length: 06:49
American Dreamer: Sam's Story
From: Long Haul Productions
Piece image
Every year, an estimated 65,000 undocumented students graduate from American high schools. Raised entirely in American culture, they finish high s...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, High Plains Public Radio, Baltimore Public Media, WRGY, WKSU and more


  • Added: Mar 30, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 41