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Weekday intern Elin Rummel talked to Dana Catts, the director of the Carkeek Park Day Camp, about its goal to make kids more aware of the ecosystem...
Bought by WXLV-FM
- Added: Jan 15, 2015
- Length: 02:14
- Purchases: 1
Review of a recent medical report on the prevalence of heavy metal contamination in Ayurvedic medicines sold on the internet.
- Added: Sep 20, 2008
- Length: 02:35
This piece reviews World Health Organization statements about lifestyle and health and discusses a study looking at how many Americans actually liv...
- Added: Sep 20, 2008
- Length: 03:04
- Purchases: 2
Paul Vallas talks to John Merrow about his successes, challenges and strategies for making change in the New Orleans Recovery School District.
- Added: Sep 18, 2008
- Length: 18:58
Urban education expert Michael Casserly tells John Merrow why Superintendent Paul Vallas deserves an A- for his first year in New Orleans.
- Added: Sep 18, 2008
- Length: 09:56
Michelle Rhee has the full support of DC Mayor Adrian Fenty in her quest to overhaul the DC Public School System. What do DC parents, community act...
- Added: Sep 18, 2008
- Length: 16:22
George Parker, president of Washington DC's Teachers Union shares some astonishing confessions about the lack of accountability in the union and ho...
- Added: Sep 18, 2008
- Length: 13:13
Michelle Rhee talks with John Merrow about her controversial first year as DC public school's chancellor and what she has planned for year two.
- Added: Sep 17, 2008
- Length: 16:19
The newest, hottest idea in school reform seems to be paying students to learn. Is it a good idea, or a way to avoid tackling the tough issues? We ...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jul 30, 2008
- Length: 06:56
- Purchases: 1
Throughout New Orleans, Students are helping rebuild by taking on design projects.
Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX
- Added: Jun 06, 2008
- Length: 05:11
- Purchases: 1
The story of how the threadheads have helped the New Orleans music community
- Added: May 31, 2008
- Length: 06:22
How will it affect Reed when Stanford, Ivy League Schools Drop Tuition
- Added: Apr 20, 2008
- Length: 03:35
- Added: Apr 09, 2008
- Length: 04:47
Fresh paint, watered plans, electricity: U.S. money helps spruce up a Malian school ahead of the First Lady's visit.
- Added: Apr 09, 2008
- Length: 05:40
Democratic Presidential hopeful John Edwards says broken promises in Washington are driving up property taxes in Iowa. The former North Carolina s...
Bought by Word for Word ELECTION COVERAGE
- Added: Nov 30, 2007
- Length: 12:41
- Purchases: 1
Matt learns of the volunteer effort first hand at the Berkeley Marina
- Added: Nov 19, 2007
- Length: 07:39
At NYU, business school applicants represent themselves creatively through an unusual essay question.
- Added: Oct 28, 2007
- Length: 05:12
Gym class and recess have become a shrinking part of the New York City public school curriculum over the last three decades.
- Added: Oct 26, 2007
- Length: 15:00
Chris Dodd speaks at V-F-W hall in Des Moines
- Added: Oct 26, 2007
- Length: 01:03:05
At a recent event put on by first book hundreds of kids were given books as part of the 5 million books project.
- Added: Sep 27, 2007
- Length: 09:11
News and Features on the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
Bought by KGOU and KXOT Public Radio
- Added: Sep 14, 2007
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
This is an in depth look at one of the many charter schools opening this fall in New Orleans
- Added: Sep 04, 2007
- Length: 12:59
A look at some of the initiatives started by Silence is Violence, which strives to address the crime and social issues facing New Orleans
- Added: Aug 16, 2007
- Length: 07:46
In 1980, Chicago Public Schools was placed under a desegregation consent decree. Now, in the aftermath of the Supreme Court decision for PICS v. Se...
Bought by WXLV-FM
- Added: Aug 15, 2007
- Length: 10:16
- Purchases: 1
The number of speakers of native languages is dwindling, despite programs designed to help save them.
Bought by KWIS 88.3 FM, KVMR, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Jul 30, 2007
- Length: 07:41
- Purchases: 3