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After defeating affirmative action at most colleges, activists' next target is military academies
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: New cadets line up at West Point for Reception Day June 26, 2023. The military academy's class of 2027 includes more than 1250 people. , Credit: Eric Bartelt / U.S. Military Academy at West Point
In its June ruling outlawing affirmative action in college admissions, the U.S. Supreme Court excepted the nation's military academies. A new lawsu...

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  • Added: Oct 02, 2023
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 8
Roughhousing
From: ROS: Crushed
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Host Iggy Monda takes listeners inside America’s locker rooms and field houses to explore hazing in high school sports today. Through deeply person...

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  • Added: Apr 07, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Confederate names are being removed from bases, but is a KKK image at West Point 'more nuanced'?
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Three bronze panels were mounted on a West Point classroom building in 1965 to display key events in American History. One of the images depicts a hooded Ku Klux Klan member., Credit: Elizabeth V. Woodruff / U.S. Military Academy
The Defense Department is planning to eliminate Confederate names from bases and more than 1100 other things in the military. But it's not clear wh...

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  • Added: Oct 19, 2022
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 6
Amid a 'stark' racial disparity in military academy nominations, should Congress be doing more?
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Members of the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 2021 take the oath of office to become Marine Corps second lieutenants during their May graduation and commissioning ceremony., Credit: Stacy Godfrey / U.S. Naval Academy
Advocates say more members of Congress should reach out to Black and Latino high school students and make them aware of opportunities at the elite ...

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  • Added: Jun 07, 2021
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 6
The Sabotage of Black Education: The Fight Against Rahm Emanuel to Save Dyett High School
From: When We Fight, We Win!
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The continued closures of our public schools and high-stakes testing illustrate the institutionalized racism embedded in our educational system. Ji...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2020
  • Length: 58:23
Security and Discipline in New Orleans Charter Schools Make Many Students Feel Unsafe
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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Season 1, Episode 10 Asha Lane, a senior at one of New Orleans' high schools (all of which are charter schools) investigates why security and disc...

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  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 09:26
  • Purchases: 1
"For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood...and the Rest of Y’all Too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education."
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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Dr. Christopher Emdin, associate Professor of Math, Science and Technology at Teachers College of Columbia University) speaking about his new book,...

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  • Length: 01:00:03
"The Black Presidency Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America" with Michael Eric Dyson
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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Michael Eric Dyson's new book, "The Black Presidency Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America", explores the powerful, surprising way the p...

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  • Length: 01:00:50
Bay Area schools put race on the syllabus
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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Beginning next fall, all San Francisco public schools will offer a class called Ethnic Studies. It’s a look at American history and culture from th...

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  • Added: Mar 24, 2015
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 1
American Graduate: Dropping Back In
From: WUNC
Series: American Graduate
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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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  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 1
Children of Refugees
From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Refugees in Puget Sound
Caption: Liz Peter takes her siblings swimming in Seattle., Credit: Chantal Anderson
Once a refugee family has been here for a while, the children often become ambassadors to the outside world. It's the kids who have to translate fo...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 23, 2012
  • Length: 07:54
  • Purchases: 1
Bullying Forces One Student Into Homeschooling
From: Georgia Public Broadcasting
Series: Bullying in Georgia Schools
Caption: Jaheem Herrera
: Public school students and parents are seeing some changes this year in the way their schools handle bullying. That’s because of a law passed by...

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  • Added: Jan 24, 2012
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 1
Angry Black and White in South Africa
From: Anton Foek
Caption: Cobi teaching some of her 200 orphans, Credit: Anton Foek.
Cobi is a Dutch nurse liiving and working in a South African township. She helps orphans getting over their Aids HIV stigma and against the violenc...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2012
  • Length: 10:38
D.C.'s Reading Problem (Shorter Version)
From: Emily Berman
Caption: Students sort through syllable flashcards at the Washington Literacy Council.
In Washington D.C., more than a third of adults lack basic literacy skills. That's 20% higher than the national average. Emily Friedman sits in on ...

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  • Added: Mar 31, 2011
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 1
Finding a Voice in New Orleans
From: Learning Matters
Series: Paul Vallas in New Orleans
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Deputy Superintendent Michael Haggen discusses how new programs are helping students in New Orleans' alternative schools develop a voice.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2010
  • Length: 05:06
First Desegregated School in Virginia
From: Vicki Hayes
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Burgundy Farm School was desegregated 4 years before Brown v. Board

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  • Added: Aug 06, 2007
  • Length: 05:48
  • Purchases: 4
Part 2: Judge Rules Suspension Justified
From: Vermont Public
Series: When Student Suspension Becomes Controversial
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Vermont Public Radio examines the circumstances surrounding the suspension of an African-American senior on allegations he intruded into other stud...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2006
  • Length: 02:56
Part 1: Suspended Student Accuses College of Racial Bias
From: Vermont Public
Series: When Student Suspension Becomes Controversial
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Vermont Public Radio examines the circumstances surrounding the suspension of an African-American senior on allegations he intruded into other stud...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2006
  • Length: 08:20