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Yesterday's Dropouts

From: WAMU
Series: Breaking Ground

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

The Year Of The Teacher

From: WUNC
Series: North Carolina Teacher Project

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

Class of 2025 Hour-Long Documentary

From: Oregon Public Broadcasting
Series: American Graduate - Class of 2025

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 KUT, KTSW 89.9, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WRGY, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota and more

Added: May 30, 2014
Length: 54:22
Purchases: 11

The College Dream: Hour 1 of Community Forum

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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

The Student Debt Crisis: Hour 2 of Community Forum

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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

American Graduate - Crossing the Stage

From: WUNC
Series: American Graduate

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

Second Chance Diploma: Examining the GED

From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education

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

Left Behind, Dropping Out

From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)

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

Class Dismissed

From: Capital Public Radio
Series: The View From Here

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

Back to Basics - An American Graduate Special

From: Al Letson
Series: State of the Re:Union: Season Three

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

Summer in Sanctuary: An American Graduate Special

From: Al Letson
Series: State of the Re:Union: Season Three

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

Dropouts to Graduates: The Story of the Care Center - An American Graduate Special

From: Al Letson
Series: State of the Re:Union: Season Three

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

Mind the Gap: Why Good Schools are Failing Black Students (54:00 and 59:00)

From: Nancy Solomon

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

Part 1: Welcome to Western Guilford

From: WUNC
Series: Daily Lessons: Inside Western Guilford High School

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
Purchases: 3

Five Promos for "Daily Lessons: Inside Western Guilford High School"

From: WUNC
Series: Daily Lessons: Inside Western Guilford High School

Five 30 Sec promos for high school series

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)

Added: Sep 06, 2006
Length: 02:31
Purchases: 1

Part 2: Freshman Academy

From: WUNC
Series: Daily Lessons: Inside Western Guilford High School

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...

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

Added: Sep 05, 2006
Length: 08:16
Purchases: 3

Part 3: The Home Team

From: WUNC
Series: Daily Lessons: Inside Western Guilford High School

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...

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

Added: Sep 05, 2006
Length: 07:59
Purchases: 3

Part 4: What Are Kids Learning?

From: WUNC
Series: Daily Lessons: Inside Western Guilford High School

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
Purchases: 4

Part 5: What Are You Going to Be When You Grow Up?

From: WUNC
Series: Daily Lessons: Inside Western Guilford High School

In Greensboro, North Carolina the textile and manufacturing industries once provided good jobs to generations of people with little or no education...

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

Added: Sep 05, 2006
Length: 08:02
Purchases: 3

Part 6: Tests, Tests and More Tests

From: WUNC
Series: Daily Lessons: Inside Western Guilford High School

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

Part 7: AP or Not AP?

From: WUNC
Series: Daily Lessons: Inside Western Guilford High School

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
Purchases: 4

Part 8: The Future of Teachers

From: WUNC
Series: Daily Lessons: Inside Western Guilford High School

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

Part 10: The Meaning of High School

From: WUNC
Series: Daily Lessons: Inside Western Guilford High School

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
Purchases: 3

Part 9: Card #10 (Sue)

From: WUNC
Series: Daily Lessons: Inside Western Guilford High School

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

Schooled: Teens' Stories About American Public Education

From: KUOW
Series: Curated Youth Radio Programs from KUOW and Generation PRX

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

The Dropout Dilemma

From: WXXI Rochester

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

Early Lessons

From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education

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

Put to the Test

From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education

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

Testing Teachers

From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education

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)

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

Added: Mar 17, 2011
Length: 54:00
Purchases: 10

Russell Rumberger on America's Dropout Crisis

From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)

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

AMERICAN GRADUATE: KEEPING KIDS IN SCHOOL

From: WUNC
Series: American Graduate

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

American Graduate: Poetic Justice Part 2 - Graduation Day

From: WUNC
Series: American Graduate

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

Arne Duncan on America's Dropout Crisis

From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)

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

Class of 2025: Summer's Haves and Have-nots

From: Oregon Public Broadcasting
Series: American Graduate - Class of 2025

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

Eyes Off the Goal: When Sports Rule and School Suffers

From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Educating on the Edge

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

Tough to the Corps: Teen Girl Wants to Join Marines

From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Educating on the Edge

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

Nine People, One Bedroom: A Teen's Take on Life In Poverty

From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Educating on the Edge

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

Trying to Do it Right and Not Repeat a Father's Mistakes

From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Educating on the Edge

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

NYC Student Tackles the Last Test Standing Between Her and a High School Diploma

From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Educating on the Edge

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

Determined to Graduate: 'You're Going to See Me on That Stage'

From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Educating on the Edge

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

How One Student Who 'Hates School' Finds Her Path to Graduation

From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Educating on the Edge

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

Lots of Talking is One School's Strategy to Retain Students

From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Educating on the Edge

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

For Some Students, Just Showing Up = Success

From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Educating on the Edge

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

Tougher Diploma Rules Squeeze Struggling Students

From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Educating on the Edge

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

De los surcos a la universidad

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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

Futuro de escuelas chárter

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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

From the Fields to Top College: One Family's Story

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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

Robotics Club Inspires Latinos to Study Science

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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

Club de robótica inspira a latinos a estudiar ciencias

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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

Madres latinas de Nueva York buscan eliminar segregación

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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

Latino Education: Crisis and Response (Hour 3)

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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

Educación latina: Crisis y respuesta (Foro comunitario)

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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

Latino Education: Crisis and Response (Hour 1 of Community Forum)

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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
Purchases: 3

La crisis de la deuda estudiantil: Foro comunitario

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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

El sueño universitario: Foro comunitario

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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

The College Dream: Hour 1 of Community Forum

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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

The Student Debt Crisis: Hour 2 of Community Forum

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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

Alivian crisis que sufren aprendices de inglés

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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

Escuelas de Alabama: ¿"Muéstrame tus papeles"?

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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

Pre-kinder en Oklahoma beneficia a niños de habla hispana

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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

Préstamos para estudiantes

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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

Segregación extrema en las escuelas

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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

Crisis de estudiantes de inglés de largo plazo

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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

Padres se involucran para vigilar Common Core

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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

Common Core: Promesas y preocupaciones

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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

Denuncian castigos severos a niños de color en Alabama

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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

Texas podría cerrar una escuela que gradúa a los que abandonaron estudios

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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

Nueva York expande programas de preescolar

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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

Disparidad entre escuelas de doble inmersión en Arizona

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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

Niños latinos en riesgo de repetir el 3er grado

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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

Estandares comunes en Florida

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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

Estándares Comunes: ¿Listos?

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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

Disparities Among Dual Immersion Schools in Arizona

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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

A School for Dropouts Slated to Close

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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

En busca del bialfabetismo

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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

Hacer que los niños lean

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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

2014: ¿El año de la educación preescolar para todos?

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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

Éxito para todos los estudiantes

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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

Fábrica de estudiantes genios

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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

The Year Of The Teacher

From: WUNC
Series: North Carolina Teacher Project

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

No Borders: A Marriage Makes A School

From: WUNC
Series: North Carolina Teacher Project

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

No Apples, But Plenty Of Benefits To Being A Virtual Teacher

From: WUNC
Series: North Carolina Teacher Project

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

Competitive Teaching? NC Wrestles With Paying Best Teachers More

From: WUNC
Series: North Carolina Teacher Project

Dave DeWitt explores the many ideas floating around North Carolina on how to pay the best teachers more money.

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Added: Apr 10, 2014
Length: 06:45
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Ranking Teachers: NC Bets Big On A Complicated Stats Model

From: WUNC
Series: North Carolina Teacher Project

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

Evaluating Teachers: Part Art, Part Science, And More Important Than Ever

From: WUNC
Series: North Carolina Teacher Project

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

Teachers Fight Over Loss Of Tenure, New Contracts

From: WUNC
Series: North Carolina Teacher Project

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

Training Teachers: The Growing Political Influence of Teach For America in NC

From: WUNC
Series: North Carolina Teacher Project

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

Training Teachers: Teach For America Draws Praise, Criticism

From: WUNC
Series: North Carolina Teacher Project

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

Training Teachers: Mid-Career Teachers Bring Experience To Classroom

From: WUNC
Series: North Carolina Teacher Project

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

Training Teachers: Schools of Ed Produce Effective Teachers, Face Declining Enrollment

From: WUNC
Series: North Carolina Teacher Project

Educators, reformers, and lawmakers all say the same thing: putting a talented, effective teacher in every classroom is a priority. Research shows ...

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Added: Dec 13, 2013
Length: 04:04
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Where We Are Going: Teaching In North Carolina

From: WUNC
Series: North Carolina Teacher Project

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

Where We Are Now: Teaching In North Carolina

From: WUNC
Series: North Carolina Teacher Project

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

How We Got Here: Teaching In North Carolina

From: WUNC
Series: North Carolina Teacher Project

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...

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Added: Dec 03, 2013
Length: 08:55
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Fighting the dropout rate for African-American youth

From: KALW

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...

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Added: Jan 14, 2013
Length: 08:17
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Part 9: Card #10 (Sue)

From: WUNC
Series: Daily Lessons: Inside Western Guilford High School

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 ...

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Length: 08:09
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Picked in 3rd grade, dreaming bigger at graduation

From: MPR News Stations
Series: MPR News' Youth Series

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...

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Added: Jun 11, 2010
Length: 07:12
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Youth Radio Institute: Fontezia Walker (American Graduate)

From: WUNC
Series: American Graduate

The series from the WUNC Youth Radio Institute concludes with a story from Fontezia Walker.

Added: Aug 15, 2012
Length: 05:35

Fixing a "Dropout Factory"

From: WUNC
Series: American Graduate

In 2009, North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue and the State Department of Public Instruction took over the Halifax School System in Northeastern Nor...

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Added: Aug 15, 2012
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American Graduate: Poetic Justice Part 1

From: WUNC
Series: American Graduate

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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Added: Aug 15, 2012
Length: 05:19
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High Stakes Tests And The Incentive To Cheat

From: WCPN
Series: StateImpact Ohio

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...

Added: Mar 28, 2014
Length: 03:41

The Link Between Pregnancy and High School Dropouts

From: WCPN
Series: StateImpact Ohio

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...

Added: Apr 04, 2014
Length: 03:44

School’s Integration After The Brown vs. Board of Education Case

From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera

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...

Added: Mar 06, 2014
Length: 01:45

Resolving Inequity in Public Schools

From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera

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

Added: Mar 06, 2014
Length: 01:45

Passion for Learning

From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera

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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Added: Mar 06, 2014
Length: 01:45
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Objectives of the NAACP

From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera

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

Added: Mar 06, 2014
Length: 01:45

Milestones in American Education

From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera

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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Added: Mar 06, 2014
Length: 01:45
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Lessons Learned from Brown vs. Board of Education

From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera

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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Added: Mar 06, 2014
Length: 01:45
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Expansion of Educational Options

From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera

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

Added: Mar 06, 2014
Length: 01:45

Equity in the School System

From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera

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

Added: Mar 06, 2014
Length: 01:45

Dismal Trends in Academic Performances

From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera

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

Added: Mar 06, 2014
Length: 01:45

Desegregation and the HBCU

From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera

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

Added: Mar 06, 2014
Length: 01:45

Brown –vs.- Board of Education Lawsuit Rationale

From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera

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

Added: Mar 06, 2014
Length: 01:45

Beating the Odds

From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera

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

Added: Mar 06, 2014
Length: 01:45

Resources for Understanding Latino Education

From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera

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

Added: Mar 03, 2014
Length: 01:30

Latino Education & Success Stories

From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera

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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Added: Mar 03, 2014
Length: 02:30
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Immigration, Executive Orders, and Latino Education

From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera

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

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Added: Mar 03, 2014
Length: 01:29
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National Latino Heritage Month and Latino Education

From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera

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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Added: Mar 03, 2014
Length: 01:29
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Cultural Understanding of Latino Students with Diverse Experiences

From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera

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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Added: Mar 03, 2014
Length: 02:00
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Parental Involvement & Latino Education

From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera

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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Added: Mar 03, 2014
Length: 02:00
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Strategies to Meet Unique Needs of Latino Students

From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera

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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Added: Mar 03, 2014
Length: 02:30
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Common Core & Latino Education

From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera

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
Length: 01:45
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Test Preparation for Critical Thinkers

From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera

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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Added: Feb 26, 2014
Length: 01:45
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Teacher Training & Progressive Education

From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera

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
Length: 01:45
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Media Attention & Latino Education

From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera

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...

Added: Feb 26, 2014
Length: 01:45

Latino Students & Testing

From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera

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
Length: 01:45
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Latino Student College Readiness

From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera

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
Length: 01:45
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Language and Cultural Barriers

From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera

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
Length: 01:45
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Back to School Tips

From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera

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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Added: Aug 26, 2013
Length: 05:00
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Back to School Tip 5

From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera

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

Added: Aug 26, 2013
Length: 01:45

Back to School Tip 4

From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera

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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Added: Aug 26, 2013
Length: 01:45
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Back to School Tip 3

From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera

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

Added: Aug 26, 2013
Length: 01:45

Back to School Tip 2

From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera

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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Added: Aug 26, 2013
Length: 01:45
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Back to School Tip 1

From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera

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
Length: 01:00
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Smart Money

From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera

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
Length: 02:29
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Bridging the Gender Gap

From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera

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
Length: 02:29
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Getting to the Common Core

From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera

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
Length: 02:28
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Addressing America's Dropout Problem

From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera

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
Length: 02:29
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Charter School Likely Coming To Chapel Hill

From: WUNC
Series: American Graduate

Dave DeWitt reports that a proposed charter school in Chapel Hill has educators and families there picking sides.

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Added: Aug 15, 2012
Length: 04:12
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American Graduate: Dropping Back In

From: WUNC
Series: American Graduate

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

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Added: Aug 15, 2012
Length: 03:20
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A Youth Perspective on the School-to-Prison Pipeline

From: On Blast

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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Length: 07:28

Students Organize Around the Root Causes of School Pushout

From: On Blast

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 ...

Added: Mar 22, 2012
Length: 03:45

Building Prison Beds Based On Third Graders' Test Scores

From: On Blast

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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Added: Apr 16, 2012
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College-Bound

From: WAMU

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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Added: Jul 31, 2005
Length: 03:52
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Class of 2025: School Changes

From: Oregon Public Broadcasting
Series: American Graduate - Class of 2025

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...

Added: Sep 26, 2014
Length: 04:50

Class of 2025: Summer's Haves and Have-nots

From: Oregon Public Broadcasting
Series: American Graduate - Class of 2025

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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Added: Aug 12, 2014
Length: 06:08
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Class of 2025 - Responsibility

From: Oregon Public Broadcasting
Series: American Graduate - Class of 2025

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

Added: Jun 17, 2014
Length: 04:14

Class of 2025 Hour-Long Documentary

From: Oregon Public Broadcasting
Series: American Graduate - Class of 2025

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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Class Of 2025: Bridging The Gap: Giving Kids Language To Succeed

From: Oregon Public Broadcasting
Series: American Graduate - Class of 2025

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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Added: Mar 21, 2014
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Class Of 2025: Learning Out Loud: Getting First Graders To Master English

From: Oregon Public Broadcasting
Series: American Graduate - Class of 2025

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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Added: Mar 21, 2014
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Class Of 2025: Change Is Never Easy

From: Oregon Public Broadcasting
Series: American Graduate - Class of 2025

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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Added: Mar 21, 2014
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Class of 2025: Can One Principal Change A School?

From: Oregon Public Broadcasting
Series: American Graduate - Class of 2025

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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Added: Mar 21, 2014
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The Future of Common Core

From: WBFO
Series: A Breakdown of Common Core

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

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Added: Feb 21, 2014
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Common Core state tests and teacher evaluations

From: WBFO
Series: A Breakdown of Common Core

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

Added: Feb 21, 2014
Length: 05:18

Breaking down the Common Core learning standards

From: WBFO
Series: A Breakdown of Common Core

This piece breaks down the Common Core learning standards themselves.

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Added: Feb 21, 2014
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The rollout of Common Core

From: WBFO
Series: A Breakdown of Common Core

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

Added: Feb 21, 2014
Length: 05:41

Why Common Core?

From: WBFO
Series: A Breakdown of Common Core

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

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Length: 05:25

Getting to the Common Core

From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera

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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The Sound of Ideas: Common Core Update

From: WCPN
Series: StateImpact Ohio

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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Common Core & Latino Education

From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera

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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How the Common Core is Changing How Kids Learn in English Class

From: WCPN
Series: StateImpact Ohio

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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Added: Dec 20, 2013
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La crisis de la deuda estudiantil: Foro comunitario

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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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Length: 01:00:07

El sueño universitario: Foro comunitario

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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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Length: 01:00:07

Padres se involucran para vigilar Common Core

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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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Length: 06:07

Common Core: Promesas y preocupaciones

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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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Length: 08:35

Denuncian castigos severos a niños de color en Alabama

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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

Estándares Comunes: ¿Listos?

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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

Estandares comunes en Florida

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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

Niños latinos en riesgo de repetir el 3er grado

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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

Disparidad entre escuelas de doble inmersión en Arizona

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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

Nueva York expande programas de preescolar

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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

Texas podría cerrar una escuela que gradúa a los que abandonaron estudios

From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano

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

Natrona County's New Career Academy High School Program Opens In A Year

From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Wyoming Public Radio Education Stories

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 ...

Added: Feb 09, 2016
Length: 05:56

Truancy Patrol: A Day On The Job With Wyoming Indian's Craig Ferris

From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Wyoming Public Radio Education Stories

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...

Added: Feb 08, 2016
Length: 06:14

Why Were Six Native American High Schoolers Searched And Detained At The University Of Wyoming?

From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Wyoming Public Radio Education Stories

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

Added: Feb 08, 2016
Length: 05:30

Going The Distance: Who Are Wyoming's Virtual Learners?

From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Wyoming Public Radio Education Stories

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...

Added: Feb 08, 2016
Length: 04:19

Going The Distance: Virtual School Performance Data Is Hidden From View

From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Wyoming Public Radio Education Stories

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...

Bought by WABE

Added: Feb 08, 2016
Length: 04:51
Purchases: 1

What Does A New Federal Education Law Mean For Wyoming?

From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Wyoming Public Radio Education Stories

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
Length: 06:27

Reutzel Takes Reins Of College Of Ed Amid Improvement Effort

From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Wyoming Public Radio Education Stories

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
Length: 07:04

New Sexual Assault Policies In Place At University of Wyoming

From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Wyoming Public Radio Education Stories

This summer, the Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act went into effect nationwide, laying out new protocols colleges and universities must follow...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Added: Sep 16, 2015
Length: 04:59
Purchases: 1

Jackson Housing Market Puts Squeeze On Teachers

From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Wyoming Public Radio Education Stories

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, ...

Added: Sep 16, 2015
Length: 05:09

Fort Washakie Stories Part V: Graduation Day

From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Wyoming Public Radio Education Stories

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

Added: Sep 16, 2015
Length: 05:06

Fort Washakie Stories Part IV: "We're The Next Generation"

From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Wyoming Public Radio Education Stories

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

Added: Sep 16, 2015
Length: 05:35

Shaken By Student Suicides, University Of Wyoming Works Towards Prevention

From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Wyoming Public Radio Education Stories

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...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Added: Apr 23, 2015
Length: 04:38
Purchases: 1

Tobacco Prevention Campaigns For Native Americans Tell Kids To 'Keep It Sacred'

From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Wyoming Public Radio Education Stories

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

Added: Apr 23, 2015
Length: 04:27

Energy Companies Are Big Backers Of STEM Education

From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Wyoming Public Radio Education Stories

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

Added: Apr 23, 2015
Length: 05:00

Pete Gosar Talks Climate Science And The Standards Debate

From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Wyoming Public Radio Education Stories

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
Length: 07:23

Climate Change In The Classroom: The Debate Continues In Wyoming

From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Wyoming Public Radio Education Stories

Nearly a year after Wyoming lawmakers blocked the State Board of Education from considering a set of science standards that include climate change,...

Added: Apr 23, 2015
Length: 05:12

Obama's Immigration Orders Will Impact Jackson Workers

From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Wyoming Public Radio Education Stories

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

Added: Apr 23, 2015
Length: 04:34

Federal Dollars No Longer On The Lunch Menu In Some Wyoming Schools

From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Wyoming Public Radio Education Stories

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...

Added: Apr 23, 2015
Length: 04:29

Wyoming Struggles To Support Its Homeless Youth

From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Wyoming Public Radio Education Stories

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

Added: Apr 23, 2015
Length: 04:59

Fort Washakie Stories Part III: 'I'm Going To Make It'

From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Wyoming Public Radio Education Stories

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...

Added: Apr 23, 2015
Length: 03:46

Inequality In The Equality State: Disparities Abound In Wyoming's Renowned Ski Town

From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Wyoming Public Radio Education Stories

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...

Added: Apr 23, 2015
Length: 05:01

Fort Washakie Stories Part I: A School In Transition

From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Wyoming Public Radio Education Stories

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...

Added: Apr 23, 2015
Length: 05:50

Fort Washakie Stories Part II: 'We Have A Team'

From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Wyoming Public Radio Education Stories

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...

Added: Apr 23, 2015
Length: 05:08

School Safety Improvements A Statewide Priority

From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Wyoming Public Radio Education Stories

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

Added: Apr 23, 2015
Length: 04:50

Few Wyoming Students Are Learning Computer Science Skills

From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Wyoming Public Radio Education Stories

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...

Added: Apr 23, 2015
Length: 04:51

Summer Learning Series: Upward Bound Takes Students Through High School and Beyond

From: WBHM
Series: Summer Learning Lifts Graduation Rates

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...

Added: Jul 30, 2015
Length: 04:40

Summer Learning Series: Graduation Rates Get Boost Through Summer Learning

From: WBHM
Series: Summer Learning Lifts Graduation Rates

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...

Added: Jul 30, 2015
Length: 04:06

Summer Learning Series: Ambitious Program Gears Up To Push Middle-Schoolers Past High School

From: WBHM
Series: Summer Learning Lifts Graduation Rates

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...

Added: Jul 30, 2015
Length: 04:44

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