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What Happens When the People Decide?
From: Jenna Spinelle
Series: When the People Decide
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Learn about the basics of the ballot initiative, the history of how it caught on in the United States, and the pros and cons that she will explore ...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2022
  • Length: 32:45
New York's Hunter College is falling apart
From: Julian Abraham
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Students at CUNY's Hunter College in New York City are complaining about mice running the halls, broken windows, and leaky ceillings. But, the scho...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2022
  • Length: 02:43
These immigrant parents fought to save their Redwood City school — and won
From: Lee Romney
Caption: Familes of Fair Oaks Community School in Redwood City protest their school closure , Credit: Gloria Rangel
The growth of charter schools has led to declining enrollment at traditional public schools across California -- and in some cases to school closur...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 09, 2018
  • Length: 09:36
  • Purchases: 1
Rotunda Restoration (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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When Donald Trump takes the inaugural stage this month, he’ll be doing so in front of the newly restored Capitol Dome. But just over a hundred mile...

Bought by KENW and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 13, 2017
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 2
Maritime-themed school to open in Cleveland
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Students at Toledo's maritime school, Credit: Timothy Dubravetz
The opening of a new maritime-themed high school was announced Tuesday in Cleveland. It joins the 3 other maritime schools in the Great Lakes region.

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WCMU Michigan, WKSU, and WBFO


  • Added: Dec 14, 2016
  • Length: 01:10
  • Purchases: 4
Great Lakes researchers worry about Trump cuts to climate change research
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Mud stored for climate change research at the Unviersity at Buffalo, November 2016., Credit: ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Mud stored for climate change research at the Unviersity at Buffalo, November 2016.
Climate change researchers in the Great Lakes region fear Trump administration could move forward with anti-climate change agenda.

Bought by North Country Public Radio, WCPN, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCMU Michigan, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Dec 09, 2016
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 6
Maritime schools teach Great Lakes skills
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Students build a tugboat at The Maritime Academy of Toledo, Credit: Timothy Dubravetz
The Maritime Academy of Toledo is one of 56 schools around the country that incorporate skills like boat building and seamanship into its curriculum.

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, North Country Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WCPN and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2016
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 7
Teach For America Under Fire
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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While many schools across the country are facing budget cuts and teacher layoffs, students at highly reputable universities are signing up in drove...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WXDU


  • Added: Feb 17, 2014
  • Length: 11:18
  • Purchases: 2
For Some Students, Just Showing Up = Success
From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Educating on the Edge
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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
Foster Youth and Graduation
From: The National Center for Media Engagement
Series: American Graduate
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Many foster children live in several homes during a short span of time. All of the disruption has been correlated to poor academic performance.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 02:26
American Graduate: Earning A Degree, And A New Life
From: WUNC
Series: American Graduate
Caption: Roy Dawson, Credit: UNC-Chapel Hill
As more and more businesses require employees to have at least a high-school degree, those who do not are getting left behind. In response, public ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 04:49
  • Purchases: 1
Oakland Program Aims to Pique Girls' Interest in Science, Tech Careers
From: The National Center for Media Engagement
Series: PBS Newshour
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As part of the NewsHour's American Graduate series, correspondent Spencer Michels reports on Techbridge, an after-school program based in Oakland, ...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2012
  • Length: 09:42
In Indiana School District, Dropouts Have Tech Alternative to Regular Classroom
From: The National Center for Media Engagement
Series: PBS Newshour
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In Shelbyville, Ind., Melissa Lakes and the Student Achievement Center provide at-risk students with technology-enhanced hands-on learning. But it ...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2012
  • Length: 08:56
8th-Grade Journalist Spotlights Violence in School, Hopes Obama Will Notice
From: The National Center for Media Engagement
Series: PBS Newshour
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How does violence affect students' ability to learn? That's what eighth-grader De'Qonton Davis and his classmates set out to investigate as part of...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2012
  • Length: 09:04
In San Francisco, it’s not always easy to get to school
From: KALW
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If you’ve lived in San Francisco long enough, you might have noticed that there are fewer yellow school buses crisscrossing the city. State budget ...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2012
  • Length: 05:25
Gang Injunctions: Problem or Solution?
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Sagnicthe Salazar , Credit: Oakland Local/EKAphotography
Gang injunctions are a controversial crime fighting tool that some people say should be illegal, and others say is a necessary last resort for comm...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
The Last Mosquito
From: Anton Foek
Caption: Mosquito Net
According to scientists from all over the world approximately 1 million people die of malaria every year. The world community spends billions of d...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 07:19
  • Purchases: 1
Universities Cater to Student Veterans One Program at a Time
From: Grace Hood
Caption: A poster from the American Veterans Institute
More veterans are going back to school after Congress passed the post 9/11 GI bill last year. It set aside almost $4 billion in scholarship funding...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 08, 2010
  • Length: 04:35
  • Purchases: 1
Tapped Out: Clean Water in Peril
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Gowanus Canal, Credit: brainware3000 on flickr
From a grassroots toxic canal clean up to a long-standing watershed war, we’ll hear from U.S. water stewards across the country, working to protect...

Bought by CKMO


  • Added: Sep 23, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1
Schools prepare for H1N1
From: Jordan Nelson
Caption: PRX default Piece image
With school back in session, administrators have to deal with the possibility of swine flu in their classrooms.

  • Added: Sep 02, 2009
  • Length: 03:39
Watts Health Center holds fair for National HIV Testing Day
From: Leslie Griffin
Series: Los Angeles features
Caption: Watts Health Center, Credit: www.wattshealth.org
President Obama urged Americans to get tested for HIV this weekend. The Watts Health Center in South Los Angeles tried to encourage HIV screening b...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2009
  • Length: 02:28