Date Pegs » American Graduate

Caption: An Unfinished Education
Approximately 30 million adults in the U.S. are at the low end of the literacy spectrum. They struggle to read a menu, a pay stub or a bus schedule...

Bought by XRAY.fm, KSFR, KTSW 89.9, WNYC, WITF and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2013
  • Length: 51:30
  • Purchases: 19
Caption: A student outside a teacher protest at EK Powe Elementary School in Durham, NC. , Credit: Dave DeWitt
This is The Year of the Teacher, a documentary from North Carolina Public Radio - WUNC looking back at an extraordinary year in public education in...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2014
  • Length: 50:28
Caption: Ashley from the Class of 2025., Credit: OPB
AIR WINDOW OPENS JUNE 4TH In this hour we're going to hear from parents, teachers and education experts. OPB aims to follow more than 20 members o...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WRGY, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KMXT, XRAY.fm and more


  • Added: May 30, 2014
  • Length: 54:22
  • Purchases: 9
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A school district on the Texas border with Mexico achieved an astounding transformation that could be an example for the rest of the nation. Pharr-...

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Aug 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:07
  • Purchases: 1
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This segment of a community forum focuses on college costs and initiatives to make college education more affordable for students of working-class ...

Bought by KVSC and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Aug 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:09
  • Purchases: 2
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Hosted by Dick Gordon, this program talks about what’s happening with the drop-out rate in the country. More kids are staying in school but those n...

Bought by KUNM, KTSW 89.9, WNIJ, KUHF, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 16, 2013
  • Length: 51:26
  • Purchases: 14
Caption: Studying for the GED at an adult education school in Washington, D.C., Credit: Emily Hanford
Millions of high school dropouts hope their ticket to a better job is getting a GED. But critics say passing a test is not the same as getting a hi...

Bought by WMUU-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KPIP-LP, WITF, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Sep 06, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
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Every year, more than a million kids drop out of school. Without a diploma, they will have a tough time succeeding. But the problem starts much ear...

Bought by KMUZ, WTIP, KCPW Salt Lake City, Spokane Public Radio, KZYX and more


  • Added: Sep 11, 2012
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 49
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This one-hour documentary takes an intimate look at the high school dropout crisis through the lives of three young people from California's Centra...

Bought by KALW, WITF, KZYX, WSKG, KALW and more


  • Added: Oct 25, 2013
  • Length: 54:04
  • Purchases: 7
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In this American Graduate special, State of the Re:Union takes a closer look at school, community, and the drop out crisis in this country. With r...

Bought by WNCU, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KACU, WRKF, WYSO and more


  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 25
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Every day in America, more than 7,000 students drop out of school. In a State of the Re:Union first, this episode combines radio drama and document...

Bought by KACU, KTSW 89.9, WEKU, KUNC & The Colorado Sound, Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more


  • Added: Sep 28, 2012
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 23
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Holyoke is home to the Care Center, an alternative school just for pregnant and parenting teens who’ve dropped out of high school. It’s not your ty...

Bought by WNCU, WRKF, Georgia Public Broadcasting, KUNC & The Colorado Sound, KTSW 89.9 and more


  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 30
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This documentary won a 2010 Peabody Award. Nationwide, suburban schools are doing a good job educating white students, but those schools are not ge...

Bought by WNYC, WAER Syracuse, NY, KUER, WESM 91.3 FM, WITF and more


  • Added: Sep 26, 2009
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 40
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We begin a series to better understand the challenges facing all high schools by looking closely at one school: Western Guilford High School in Gre...

Bought by WEZU, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 05, 2006
  • Length: 08:13
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More students drop out in the 9th grade than any other year of school. At Western Guilford High School in Greensboro, North Carolina, school leader...

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  • Added: Sep 05, 2006
  • Length: 08:16
  • Purchases: 3
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A ball game at Western Guilford High School was once the "only" place to be on a Friday night. Western was the heart of a tight-knit community that...

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  • Added: Sep 05, 2006
  • Length: 07:59
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Do you remember what you learned in high school? Much of what is taught stays the same, year after year, from generation to generation. Homer's Ody...

Bought by WEZU, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KZMU Moab Community Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 05, 2006
  • Length: 08:07
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In Greensboro, North Carolina the textile and manufacturing industries once provided good jobs to generations of people with little or no education...

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  • Added: Sep 05, 2006
  • Length: 08:02
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There has been a dramatic change in education and it?s all about numbers. State and federal laws now require schools to measure just about everythi...

Bought by WEZU, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KPFT


  • Added: Sep 05, 2006
  • Length: 07:54
  • Purchases: 4
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In the past five years, at Western and high schools around the country, there's been a big push to increase the number of students taking higher le...

Bought by WEZU, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), 90.5 WSNC, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 05, 2006
  • Length: 07:35
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Schools across the country are scrambling to fill a teacher shortage. In Greensboro, North Carolina, the school system is offering new teachers fre...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KQAT


  • Added: Sep 05, 2006
  • Length: 08:03
  • Purchases: 3
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We conclude our series from Western Guilford High School in Greensboro. A team of reporters visited Western over the course of six months?. gettin...

Bought by WEZU, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 05, 2006
  • Length: 07:54
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Every year, hundreds of thousands of teenagers in the United States drop out of school. The reasons are many and each story is unique. Today, as ...

Bought by WEZU, WVAS, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 05, 2006
  • Length: 08:09
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Claudia Villa with her high school diploma
Teens talk about standards, inequality, and getting out of public high school in America. Schooled is one hour of some of the best youth radio st...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KTSW 89.9, KMXT, KGOU, WSKG and more


  • Added: May 25, 2010
  • Length: 55:59
  • Purchases: 32
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THE DROP OUT DILEMMA IS SPECIAL CONVERSATION ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS IN THE ROCHESTER AREA. THE WXXI NEWS TEAM HAS BEEN TAKING AN IN-DEPT...

Bought by NPR Illinois


  • Added: Aug 22, 2012
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: A student in a preschool classroom at River Breeze Elementary, a public school in Palatka, Florida. Preschool used to be a radical idea, but now the majority of American children go to preschool. , Credit: Stephen Smith
There’s been a quiet revolution in America’s schools over recent decades. We’ve added an extra grade to a child’s education: Preschool. (10/29/2009)

Bought by WMUU-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WSKG, KPIP-LP, KMUZ and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: Students take a standardized test at a high school in Greensboro, North Carolina., Credit: Billy Barnes
There’s been a dramatic change in public education over the past 10 years and it’s all about numbers. (9/6/2007)

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KPIP-LP, NPR Illinois, WTIP, KERA and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
Caption: Teacher Joe Curtis working with a student at Hardy Elementary School in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Credit: Emily Hanford
Kids need good teachers. It’s something people know instinctively. But experts disagree over how to measure teacher quality. (8/26/2010)

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  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
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A conversation with Russell Rumberger, author of Dropping Out: Why Students Drop Out of School and What Can be Done About It.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Sep 17, 2012
  • Length: 50:19
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Frank Stasio, co-host
An estimated 16,000 kids dropped out of school in North Carolina last year. That’s a slight improvement from the year before, but it’s clear that m...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 48:53
Caption: Aaron Jones
WUNC is a part of the American Graduate Project. It's a public media initiative looking at the drop out crisis across the country. As a part of thi...

Bought by KZYX and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 10:23
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Arne Duncan, Credit: U.S. Department of Education
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan talks about the high school dropout crisis in America.

Bought by KSJD


  • Added: Sep 17, 2012
  • Length: 16:24
  • Purchases: 1
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It's three weeks until school starts in Oregon. It can't come too soon for parents who are struggling to keep their kids fed, supervised, and learn...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Aug 12, 2014
  • Length: 06:08
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Radio Rookie Edward Munoz, Credit: Emily Kwong
Fresh grass. Freedom. Success. That was the sensation Edward Munoz experienced every time he walked onto a soccer field. But in school, he felt lik...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 25, 2014
  • Length: 07:35
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Radio Rookie Cece Rodriguez visiting the Marine Corps Recruiting Station, Credit: Andrew Mambo
Cece Rodriguez may be tiny at 5 ’4”, 100 lbs, but she’s physically strong. Despite her family’s concerns, she dreams of testing her toughness by en...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 25, 2014
  • Length: 06:23
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Radio Rookie Jairo Gomez, Credit: Emily Kwong
Jairo Gomez never thought he was poor, even though he was one of seven kids and his family lived in a one-bedroom apartment. The cramped quarters m...

Bought by WABE and MPR News Stations


  • Added: Sep 25, 2014
  • Length: 07:43
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Marvin Ramos and daughter Hailey
There is less research on adolescent fathers than on mothers — much less — and most of it focuses on the impact to the child if a dad is not in hi...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 23, 2014
  • Length: 10:28
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Danielle Motindabeka in the WNYC studio
When Radio Rookie Danielle Motindabeka came to the United States at age 13, she didn’t speak English. By the time she was in high school, Danielle ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 23, 2014
  • Length: 07:15
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Paula Dinh, a student at West Brooklyn Community High School, Credit: Jennifer Hsu/WNYC
It was a battle to the end for high school senior Paula Dinh. After years of skipping class and other bad habits, followed by a big push to change ...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Jul 22, 2014
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 1
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For high school senior Paula Dinh, the path to graduation has been a long one, with times when she questioned her ability — and desire — to finish ...

Bought by WNIJ


  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 1
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To enroll at West Brooklyn Community High School, students must buy in to a certain level of support and counseling. In exchange, the school promis...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2014
  • Length: 04:48
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Educators at one Brooklyn high school focus on getting their at-risk students across the threshold of the building. Sounds simple, right? Think again.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WABE, and WNIJ


  • Added: Jan 02, 2014
  • Length: 07:08
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: English teacher Erin Bauer helping students prepare for an upcoming state test, Credit: Beth Fertig/WNYC
A high school for students who have dropped out or fallen behind finds that many of their kids are struggling with harder diploma requirements set ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2014
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 1
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In the struggling farmworking town of Parlier, in California’s San Joaquin Valley, the Ramírez family stands out. All four Ramírez siblings attende...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2014
  • Length: 06:18
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Funded with public money, charter schools are emerging as an alternative to traditional education systems. They promise better student learning by ...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2014
  • Length: 54:27
Caption: Maria and Fabian Ramirez graduated from UC Berkeley on the same day that their older sister Gloria received her master's degree. From left: Angela, Maria, father Filemon, Fabian, mother Lucila, and Gloria. , Credit: Zaidee Stavely / Radio Bilingüe
In the struggling farmworking town of Parlier, California, the Ramirez family stands out. All four Ramirez siblings attended the prestigious Univer...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 23, 2014
  • Length: 07:15
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dianna Valenzuela working on a robot., Credit: Valeria Fernandez / Radio Bilingüe
In Phoenix, Arizona, a robotics club has become a springboard for Latino students to go on to graduate from college with degrees in technology, mat...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2014
  • Length: 05:59
Caption: Dianna Valenzuela y Sergio Corral trabajan juntos en el panel de control de un robot acuático., Credit: Valeria Fernández / Radio Bilingüe
In Phoenix, Arizona, a robotics club is becoming a hotbed for Latino students, many of them low-income and some undocumented, to go on to graduate ...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2014
  • Length: 06:07
Caption: Yanaira López Sosa es una de las madres líderes del grupo del Proyecto de Liderazgo de Padres., Credit: Courtesy of Parent Leadership Project.
Sixty years after the Supreme Court banned school segregation, a report found that schools are still segregated, and New York City schools more tha...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2014
  • Length: 07:16
Caption: Youth attending Radio Bilingüe's forum in Boyle Heights/Los Angeles, address the panelists., Credit: Radio Bilingüe
Community leaders from Boyle Heights and members of the live audience at a forum on Latino education share views on the challenges ahead for Latino...

Bought by KZYX, KUNM, and KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Sep 18, 2014
  • Length: 59:09
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Panelists at Radio Bilingüe forum in Los Angeles- Latino Education: Crisis and Response., Credit: Radio Bilingüe
A live broadcast in Spanish from a community forum in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles on the crisis in the education of Latino students.

  • Added: Sep 18, 2014
  • Length: 59:07
Caption: Dr. Patricia Gándara, co-director of the Civil Rights Project at UCLA, during Radio Bilingüe's forum Latino Education: Crisis and Response. Here with panelists photographer Camilo Vergara and Francisco Nuñez, director of the Young People's Chorus of New Y, Credit: Radio Bilingüe
A live broadcast in English from a community forum in Los Angeles on the crisis in the education of Latino students.

Bought by KZYX, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, and KUNM


  • Added: Sep 18, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:13
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Caption: Dr. Daniel King, Dr. Francisco Guajardo, and Dr. Frances Guzman on the panel., Credit: Samuel Orozco/Radio Bilingüe
This is the second hour of the forum held in Spanish at the University of Texas - Pan American in the heart of the Rio Grande Valley. This segment ...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:07
Caption: Dr. Daniel King, Dr. Francisco Guajardo, and Dr. Frances Guzman on the panel., Credit: Samuel Orozco/Radio Bilingüe
In Texas, more Latinos are enrolling into college than ever. Still, too many are dropping out of high school and ending their college education, pu...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:07
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A school district on the Texas border with Mexico achieved an astounding transformation that could be an example for the rest of the nation. Pharr-...

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Aug 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:07
  • Purchases: 1
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This segment of a community forum focuses on college costs and initiatives to make college education more affordable for students of working-class ...

Bought by KVSC and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Aug 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:09
  • Purchases: 2
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Most English learners in secondary school are considered Long Term English learners, meaning students who have been English learners for six-years ...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2014
  • Length: 08:18
Caption: Children wait at school bus stop in Foley, Alabama., Credit: Javier Aparisi/Radio Bilingüe
Civil rights watchdogs found the vast majority of Alabama’s school districts were asking parents to provide their children’s Social Security number...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2014
  • Length: 54:26
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Spanish-Speaking Kids Benefit from Oklahoma Pre-K - Children from low-income families, immigrant families, or who are English learners often come ...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2014
  • Length: 05:55
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The costs of higher education have been transferred from the society to the student and federal policy changed from grants to loans, setting the st...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2014
  • Length: 54:34
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Extreme School Segregation. As the nation marks the 60th anniversary of Brown v. BOE, a report by UCLA’s Civil Rights Project finds that the school...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2014
  • Length: 54:25
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Advocates are sounding a wake-up call about the large numbers of English Learner students who, despite many years in school up to graduation age, a...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2014
  • Length: 54:24
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In Oakland, California, a group of Spanish-speaking parents is learning more about the Common Core, to keep watch to make sure that it is being app...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2014
  • Length: 06:07
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The Common Core Standards could bring change for English learners, but many educators have doubts about the implementation. Will this new education...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2014
  • Length: 08:35
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In southern Alabama, a group of parents has accused educators in Baldwin County of applying severe punishment selectively against Latino and Africa...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2014
  • Length: 07:42
Caption: Algunas de las estudiantes de American Youthworks son madres adolescentes., Credit: Filipa Rodrigues
According to national estimates, only 7 out of 10 Latinos and African Americans graduate high school. A charter school in Texas is dedicated solely...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2014
  • Length: 07:01
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New York City will offer more than 50 new preschool spaces to four-year-olds beginning in September. Our correspondent in New York, Marco Vinicio G...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2014
  • Length: 03:55
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In Arizona, there is some support for dual immersion schools, but mostly for those that serve a majority Anglo population. The schools with more La...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2014
  • Length: 06:10
Caption: Andrómeda Leovara practica la lectura., Credit: Valeria Fernández
More than thirteen states require children who do not demonstrate a good grasp of reading to repeat third grade. This is the first year that studen...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2014
  • Length: 05:33
Caption: La profesora María Necuze Añón, Credit: Javier Aparisi
Though many salute the Common Core Standards as a new method of teaching that will help students to reason better, in Florida, some experts are con...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2014
  • Length: 05:49
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This year 45 states and the District of Columbia are starting to use the new Common Core State Standards for English language and math. Some Latino...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2014
  • Length: 54:18
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In Arizona, dual language immersion programs are gaining momentum and demand among Anglo families in wealthier school districts, while dual immersi...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Jun 06, 2014
  • Length: 07:25
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: At American Youthworks, adolescent mothers can take their babies to school with them., Credit: Filipa Rodrigues
A charter school in Texas is dedicated solely to helping students who previously dropped out of school to graduate. But the state is about to close...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2014
  • Length: 06:31
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More and more states are joining a movement passing laws to honor students’ bilingualism and biliteracy. In California, thousands of students have ...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2014
  • Length: 54:40
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A large majority of children in the U.S. are not reading at grade level by the time they reach fourth grade and children from low-income families a...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2014
  • Length: 54:28
Caption: Matthew, 4, is enrolled in preschool in New York., Credit: Marco Vinicio González
The new Mayor of New York is announcing plans for universal pre-K as part of a number of reforms to the local educational system, joining a handful...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2014
  • Length: 54:30
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Public schools are largely unprepared to teach and guide Latino students. These students face some of the most critical issues in the school syste...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2014
  • Length: 54:16
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Students of an impoverished elementary school that sits next to a waste dump near the U.S. border scored the best math grades in Mexico in a nation...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2014
  • Length: 54:34
Caption: A student outside a teacher protest at EK Powe Elementary School in Durham, NC. , Credit: Dave DeWitt
This is The Year of the Teacher, a documentary from North Carolina Public Radio - WUNC looking back at an extraordinary year in public education in...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2014
  • Length: 50:28
Caption: Carice Sanchez, Credit: Dave DeWitt
Dave DeWitt profiles Eric and Carice Sanchez, co-directors of Henderson Collegiate, a charter school in North Carolina.

  • Added: Apr 10, 2014
  • Length: 04:06
Caption: Teacher Julie Reeves and her daughter, Abby., Credit: Dave DeWitt
Dave DeWitt profiles a virtual teacher in North Carolina.

  • Added: Apr 10, 2014
  • Length: 04:33
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Dave DeWitt explores the many ideas floating around North Carolina on how to pay the best teachers more money.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 10, 2014
  • Length: 06:45
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The North Carolina Educator Effectiveness and Compensation Task Force., Credit: Dave DeWitt
Dave DeWitt reports on North Carolina moving to a "value-added" stats model to evaluate and compensate teachers.

  • Added: Apr 10, 2014
  • Length: 06:38
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As part of the North Carolina teacher Project, Dave DeWitt takes a look at how we evaluate the state’s 95,000 public school teachers.

  • Added: Apr 10, 2014
  • Length: 06:56
Caption: The public hearing on the proposed teacher contracts did not draw a large crowd., Credit: Dave DeWitt
Teachers in North Carolina are fighting back against lawmakers who eliminated tenure and are replacing it with a merit-based pay system.

  • Added: Jan 23, 2014
  • Length: 03:42
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Teach For America began as a Princeton student’s undergraduate thesis – to train high-achieving college students to teach for two years in classroo...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2013
  • Length: 04:12
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Teach For America core members make up less than one percent of North Carolina’s 95-thousand or so teachers. But the organization has filled a cruc...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2013
  • Length: 05:30
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North Carolina teachers come from a wide variety of educational backgrounds. Many are trained in one of the state’s two-dozen or so university unde...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2013
  • Length: 03:51
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Educators, reformers, and lawmakers all say the same thing: putting a talented, effective teacher in every classroom is a priority. Research shows ...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Dec 13, 2013
  • Length: 04:04
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jim Potter, Credit: Dave DeWitt
When the North Carolina Legislature passed a comprehensive package of education reforms this past summer, teachers protested in the streets. Earlie...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2013
  • Length: 07:15
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2013 has been a historic year for public education in North Carolina. For one, the state achieved its highest ever high school graduation rate. Bu...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2013
  • Length: 07:42
Caption: William Campbell on his first day integrating Raleigh City Schools. , Credit:  NC Museum of History
The profession of teaching has come a long way in North Carolina. From one-room schoolhouses, through segregation and integration, through economic...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Dec 03, 2013
  • Length: 08:55
  • Purchases: 1
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In 2011, about 82 percent of San Francisco’s students graduated from high school. Ten percent dropped out. Break it down by ethnic group and the nu...

Bought by WCSU-FM and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 08:17
  • Purchases: 2
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Every year, hundreds of thousands of teenagers in the United States drop out of school. The reasons are many and each story is unique. Today, as ...

Bought by WEZU, WVAS, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 05, 2006
  • Length: 08:09
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Tiara Bellaphant graduated from St. Paul Central High School on June 9, 2010.  A participant in the Destination 2010 scholarship program, Bellaphant plans to attend Tennessee State University in the fall., Credit: MPR Photo/Julie Siple
In 2001, Tiara Bellaphant became part of an experiment. Third graders at seven low-performing Minneapolis and St. Paul schools were offered mentori...

Bought by WVAS and WGXC


  • Added: Jun 11, 2010
  • Length: 07:12
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Fontezia Walker
The series from the WUNC Youth Radio Institute concludes with a story from Fontezia Walker.

  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 05:35
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In 2009, North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue and the State Department of Public Instruction took over the Halifax School System in Northeastern Nor...

Bought by KZYX and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 05:27
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Caption: Students from a writing workshop at Northern High School in Durham
American Graduate: A poetry program in Durham is using rhythm and rhyme to keep kids from making the choice to drop out of school.

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Ohio third-graders are gearing up to take a reading test that could determine whether they are promoted or held back. In some states, high-stakes t...

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More than 305,000 teenage girls gave birth across the country in 2012, according to data from the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned P...

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In the wake of the decision reached in the Brown v. Board of Education court case, education expert Dr. Pedro Noguera tackles the question as to wh...

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In commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the landmark US Supreme Court case Brown versus Board of Education, internationally renowned education ...

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Reflecting on American education over the last 60 years, New York University professor Dr. Pedro Noguera offers suggestions as to what can be done ...

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Internationally renowned education expert Dr. Pedro Noguera reflects on the objectives of the NAACP and other civil rights organizations in the Bro...

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Internationally renowned education expert Pedro Noguera, Ph.D., discusses the impact of the 60th anniversary of Brown versus Board of Education and...

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In commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the landmark US Supreme Court case Brown versus Board of Education, internationally renowned education ...

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Internationally renowned education expert Pedro Noguera, Ph.D., discusses the expansion of educational options afforded to many children as a resul...

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In commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the landmark US Supreme Court case Brown versus Board of Education, internationally renowned education ...

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Reflecting on American education over the last 60 years, New York University professor Dr. Pedro Noguera addresses the disturbing trend of the dism...

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Internationally renowned education expert Dr. Pedro Noguera discusses how historically black colleges and universities have fared as a result of th...

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Internationally renowned education expert Dr. Pedro Noguera reflects on the objectives of the Brown family as he discusses the rationale for the hi...

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While attention often is focused on the academic underperformance of America’s poorest children, internationally renowned education expert Dr. Pedr...

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Pedro Noguera sheds light on resources that could help educators by providing rich examples of authors whose books provide great readings in the ar...

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Success stories of high performing Latino centers of education are shared as Pedro Noguera lists the five factors that these support systems have i...

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Although President Obama issued a moratorium on deporting undocumented individuals without criminal records, Pedro Noguera discusses how Latino stu...

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The role that National Latino Heritage Month plays in education leads Pedro Noguera to share some of the benefits that students experience when the...

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Pedro Noguera points out the different needs within the diverse Latino community and encourages educators to find the patterns that can be identifi...

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The role of parental involvement is at the heart of this discussion. Pedro Noguera shapes the conversation by defining successful parental involve...

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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...

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While addressing the government’s involvement in supporting school reform for Latino students, Dr. Pedro Noguera highlights the common core standar...

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  • Added: Feb 25, 2014
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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...

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Dr. Pedro Noguera suggests how taking a more constructive approach of providing teachers with background information to make them more familiar wit...

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  • Added: Feb 26, 2014
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Dr. Pedro Noguera engages a caller as he points out the disparities in media coverage pertaining to the Latino community. He discusses the lack of...

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Dr. Pedro Noguera urges listeners to identify schools that are serving Latino students and English language learners in particular, and to use thos...

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  • Added: Feb 26, 2014
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The conversation regarding how the Latino student population throughout the nation will be tested to determine their readiness for the future ensue...

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  • Added: Feb 25, 2014
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Bridging the socio-cultural gap between bilingual students and their teachers is explored as Dr. Pedro Noguera discusses the crucial points for edu...

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  • Added: Feb 25, 2014
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In this special Education Matters segment, as students head back to school, internationally renowned education expert Pedro Noguera, Ph.D. offers f...

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In this special Education Matters series, as students head back to school, internationally renowned education expert Pedro Noguera, Ph.D. offers ti...

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In this special Education Matters series, as students head back to school, internationally renowned education expert Pedro Noguera, Ph.D. offers ti...

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In this special Education Matters series, as students head back to school, internationally renowned education expert Pedro Noguera, Ph.D. offers ti...

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In this special Education Matters series, as students head back to school, internationally renowned education expert Pedro Noguera, Ph.D. offers ti...

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In this special Education Matters series, as students head back to school, internationally renowned education expert Pedro Noguera, Ph.D., offers t...

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  • Added: Aug 26, 2013
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Caption: Education philanthropist Eli Broad, Credit: Philanthropy Magazine
Now that philanthropists have been playing an increasing role in education reform and helping under-resourced schools, a founder of an all-boys cha...

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  • Added: Jul 19, 2013
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Trends are showing that boys have been steadily falling behind girls in educational placement over the past several years, and now many schools are...

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  • Added: Jul 18, 2013
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Common core standards have been adopted by 44 states across the country, but questions remain about its implementation. A fourth-grade math and sci...

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We know America's dropout crisis exacts a heavy toll on America's future, but why have attempts to address it failed? Education Matters contributor...

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  • Added: Jul 18, 2013
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Dave DeWitt reports that a proposed charter school in Chapel Hill has educators and families there picking sides.

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Dave DeWitt reports on a school in Durham that is helping at-risk kids graduate from high school.

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The School-to-Prison Pipeline is a disturbing national trend wherein children are funneled out of public schools and into the juvenile and criminal...

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Students all over Philadelphia are being pushed out of schools and right into the school to prison pipeline. This is happening because of the lack ...

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It has been said that you can predict the prison population by looking at how many third graders perform poorly on standardized tests.

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College-bound WAMU Youth Voices reporter Andre knows he’s lucky to be scratching his head over a choice between schools, but the stakes are high, s...

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Most kids in OPB's Class of 2025 attend a school that got a major overhaul this summer. Oregon Public Broadcasting's Rob Manning checks out the cha...

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It's three weeks until school starts in Oregon. It can't come too soon for parents who are struggling to keep their kids fed, supervised, and learn...

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Oregon has an ambitious long-term goal for its public schools: that starting in 2025, every child will finish high school.

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Caption: Ashley from the Class of 2025., Credit: OPB
AIR WINDOW OPENS JUNE 4TH In this hour we're going to hear from parents, teachers and education experts. OPB aims to follow more than 20 members o...

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Caption: First grader Dude Rabideau., Credit: Michael Clapp / OPB
Language, Part 2— A look at the connections between language and long-term academic success.

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Caption: Octavio Zurita speaks Spanish at home with his family and English at school with his teachers and classmates., Credit: Michael Clapp / OPB
Language, Part 1--Reading, math, science — they’re all priorities for today’s public schools. But there’s something more basic that young students ...

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Caption: Kalani Fulmer with her mother, Jessica Fulmer., Credit: Amanda Peacher / OPB
When children change schools, what happens to their academic performance?

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Caption: Earl Boyles Elementary School Principal Ericka Guynes, Credit: Michael Clapp / OPB
As we follow students in the Class of 2025 at Earl Boyles elementary, it's worth noting the student achievement there is improving.

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This piece talks about the uncertain future of the Common Core learning standards in New York State.

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This piece discusses the New York State tests and teacher evaluation system tied to Common Core.

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This piece breaks down the Common Core learning standards themselves.

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This piece discusses the implementation of the Common Core learning standards in New York State.

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This piece talks about why New York State adopted Common Core.

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Common core standards have been adopted by 44 states across the country, but questions remain about its implementation. A fourth-grade math and sci...

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  • Added: Jul 18, 2013
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Ohio is getting closer to full implementation of new minimum learning standards shared with most other states known as the Common Core. Next year, ...

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While addressing the government’s involvement in supporting school reform for Latino students, Dr. Pedro Noguera highlights the common core standar...

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Ohio schools are teaching to a new set of math and English standards called the Common Core. For English classes, the Common Core means students sp...

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Caption: Dr. Daniel King, Dr. Francisco Guajardo, and Dr. Frances Guzman on the panel., Credit: Samuel Orozco/Radio Bilingüe
This is the second hour of the forum held in Spanish at the University of Texas - Pan American in the heart of the Rio Grande Valley. This segment ...

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Caption: Dr. Daniel King, Dr. Francisco Guajardo, and Dr. Frances Guzman on the panel., Credit: Samuel Orozco/Radio Bilingüe
In Texas, more Latinos are enrolling into college than ever. Still, too many are dropping out of high school and ending their college education, pu...

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In Oakland, California, a group of Spanish-speaking parents is learning more about the Common Core, to keep watch to make sure that it is being app...

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The Common Core Standards could bring change for English learners, but many educators have doubts about the implementation. Will this new education...

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In southern Alabama, a group of parents has accused educators in Baldwin County of applying severe punishment selectively against Latino and Africa...

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This year 45 states and the District of Columbia are starting to use the new Common Core State Standards for English language and math. Some Latino...

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Caption: La profesora María Necuze Añón, Credit: Javier Aparisi
Though many salute the Common Core Standards as a new method of teaching that will help students to reason better, in Florida, some experts are con...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2014
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Caption: Andrómeda Leovara practica la lectura., Credit: Valeria Fernández
More than thirteen states require children who do not demonstrate a good grasp of reading to repeat third grade. This is the first year that studen...

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In Arizona, there is some support for dual immersion schools, but mostly for those that serve a majority Anglo population. The schools with more La...

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New York City will offer more than 50 new preschool spaces to four-year-olds beginning in September. Our correspondent in New York, Marco Vinicio G...

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Caption: Algunas de las estudiantes de American Youthworks son madres adolescentes., Credit: Filipa Rodrigues
According to national estimates, only 7 out of 10 Latinos and African Americans graduate high school. A charter school in Texas is dedicated solely...

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In one year, a new high school building will be open to students in Natrona County. The first day of class will debut a bold endeavor to transform ...

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Most people on the Wind River Reservation have seen Craig Ferris on the sidelines of the basketball court at Wyoming Indian High School. As head co...

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Back in September, six Native American high schoolers from the Wind River Reservation were detained by University of Wyoming police after a custome...

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More than 1 percent of the public school students in Wyoming will not set foot in a classroom this year. They attend virtual schools that exist ent...

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Most parents of public school students in Wyoming can access all sorts of data on how their child’s school is doing, but the public cannot see test...

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  • Added: Feb 08, 2016
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President Obama signed new legislation—replacing ‘No Child Left Behind.' It’s called the ‘Every Student Succeeds Act.’ In Wyoming, Superintendent o...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2016
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This summer, the University of Wyoming’s College of Education welcomed a new dean. Dr. Ray Reutzel was hired amid a major effort by the University’...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2015
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This summer, the Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act went into effect nationwide, laying out new protocols colleges and universities must follow...

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  • Added: Sep 16, 2015
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Housing in Jackson is a problem for seasonal and low-income workers. But, increasingly, it’s also a problem for middle-income earners. Among them, ...

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Fort Washakie High School is a small, struggling school on the Wind River Indian Reservation. The students there have been pushing towards one majo...

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Not so long ago, public schools for Native American kids existed to destroy culture, punishing children for speaking their languages or practicing ...

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The University of Wyoming campus is rattled after two first-year students there died by suicide in a span of just 8 days. Wyoming has had the highe...

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  • Added: Apr 23, 2015
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In most schools, campaigns to keep students from smoking use simple slogans like “Be Smart, Don’t Start,” but those targeting Native American kids ...

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There’s a nationwide push to get more students involved in STEM education. That’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. But, despite enthusias...

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Over the past year, The Next Generation Science Standards have stirred debate in Wyoming—which continues today. Lawmakers have taken issue with wha...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2015
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Nearly a year after Wyoming lawmakers blocked the State Board of Education from considering a set of science standards that include climate change,...

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Last November, President Obama announced a major executive action on immigration—a plan that would offer temporary legal status and deportation rel...

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Two years ago, the federal government put strict new guidelines in place for school lunches to get kids eating healthier. Since then, about one mil...

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The number of students experiencing homelessness in Wyoming has gone way up in recent years, but there are few resources for homeless Wyomingites—a...

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Fort Washakie High School is on track to graduate more students than ever this year. It still won’t be a big number, but getting a high school degr...

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Income and wealth disparities in the U.S. are the most pronounced they’ve been in decades. Perhaps nowhere is the gap between luxury and poverty mo...

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Fort Washakie High School on the Wind River Indian Reservation was a charter high school until a few years ago. Now it’s a public school. Most of i...

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This school year, we're following the academic progress of students at Fort Washakie High School—a struggling school on the Wind River Indian Reser...

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After the deadly shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, schools nationwide increased focus on security. Hundreds of school safety bills ...

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The number of high school computer science classes in this country has dropped nearly 20 percent in the past decade. And that’s as demand for compu...

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Remember when you could get a job with just a high school diploma? By 2020, it’s projected that 65 percent of jobs will require a diploma, AND, hig...

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Caption: Scholars dance out to the beat of “Uptown Funk – Bell Edition.” The YMCA of Greater Montgomery Power Scholars Academy Culmination Ceremony was held Friday, July 10, in the auditorium of Carver Elementary School in Montgomery, Credit: Shannon Heupel/Montgomery Advertiser
National education leaders are trumpeting recent increases in high school graduation rates, yet about 20 percent of kids still dropout before compl...

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  • Length: 04:06
Caption: A view from the balcony: the Young Musicians Camp ensemble plays everything from classical to “All About That Bass” at the University of Montevallo. , Credit: Dan Carsen
Fewer reading materials in the home. Less access to camps or museums. Those are some of the reasons “summer learning loss” disproportionately affe...

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  • Length: 04:44