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Hard to Read: How American Schools Fail Kids With Dyslexia
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: Kindergartners in an Ohio classroom learning letters. One in five American kids struggles to read, and many of them have dyslexia. But public schools are failing to identify or treat dyslexia, even though there are proven ways to help kids with dyslexia l, Credit: Emily Hanford
(9/11/17) Public schools are denying children with dyslexia proper treatment and often failing to identify them in the first place.

Bought by WUFT, WMUU-LP, KUER, KCBX, WOSU and more


  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 11
Teaching Teachers
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: Teachers in Chicago doing "lesson study," a teacher improvement practice borrowed from Japan., Credit: Emily Hanford
This documentary what it would take to improve American teaching on a wide scale. We meet researchers who are trying to understand what makes teach...

Bought by WMUU-LP, Prairie Public, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Sep 10, 2015
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
Little Opera: Behind the scenes of a children’s theater company
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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Little Opera is an after-school program that leads local children through the creation and performance of an original opera. This past year, the pr...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 09:35
At children's hospital, kids find comfort in music therapy
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Oliver Jacobson is a music therapist at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital. Here, he plays a session with one of his patients, Maia Mead, Credit: Liz Mak
Oliver Jacobson started playing violin when he was six years old. At 18, he enrolled at Berklee College of Music, one of the top music schools in t...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 09:29
  • Purchases: 1
ROCK program gives Visitacion Valley kids options after school
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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Natasha Mahia, a student at El Dorado elementary school in Visitacion Valley, is one of ROCK’s biggest fans. ROCK stands for Real Options for City ...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 04:37
West Texas Kids Get into GEAR
From: Lana Straub
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Story about GEAR - Get Excited About Robotics

  • Added: May 02, 2014
  • Length: 05:12
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
Chemistry Magic
From: With Good Reason
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In mid-May, more than 1500 high school students competed in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. The winning projects included a p...

Bought by Radio Newark, KFAI Minneapolis, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 09, 2013
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 3
LEGO Robotics
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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A robotics competition for 9- to 14-year-olds is a sneaky way to get kids excited about science. Allison Quantz followed one team into competition ...

Bought by KENW and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 07, 2012
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 2
GNP Show 06 (Half Hour)-World Hunger and Popcorn
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly Half Hour
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(To air the week of June 18,2011) According the U.N. World Food Program there are now more than a billion people in the world who are in urgent n...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Jun 14, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
GNP Show 05 (Half Hour) Afghan Orphans
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly Half Hour
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(To air the week of June 11, 2011). An orphanage in Afghanistan for descendants of Genghis Khan… …teenage refugees sing peace but get death threats...

Bought by 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station


  • Added: Jun 09, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
GNP Show 05 (One Hour) Afghan Orphans
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour
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(For air the week of June 11, 2011) Stop at a red light in Mexico and chances are young children will approach your car selling food, trinkets, or ...

Bought by WDSE and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Jun 09, 2011
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 2
GNP Show 2 (Half hour)-8 year old Mechanics to air the week of May 21, 2011
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly Half Hour
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Okay, you're on the road in Pakistan and your car breaks down. You pull into the nearest auto garage and an eight-year old kid comes out to look u...

  • Added: May 19, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
GNP Show 2 (Full Hour)-8 year old Mechanics to air the week of May 21, 2011
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour
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Americans are struggling with high unemployment rates, but in Somaliland, it's closer to 90 percent. This week, the World Vision Report takes you t...

Bought by WDSE


  • Added: May 19, 2011
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 1
Clowns Without Borders After the Earthquake
From: Ruxandra Guidi
Caption: Moises Tiana during a clown performance in Pisco, Peru, Credit: Roberto "Bear" Guerra
A troupe of Spanish clowns visited Pisco, Peru, after a devastating earthquake. They were followed around by children, doctors and psychologists.

  • Added: Jan 13, 2009
  • Length: 03:46