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Paying for college is challenging for most students, but it's extra tricky for Jose Luis Zelaya. Jose is a graduate student at Texas A&M, but he is...
- Added: Jan 07, 2013
- Length: 04:08
In 1913, the American Social Hygiene Association launched a campaign to eradicate sexually transmitted diseases and prostitution. The subject was c...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Nov 11, 2012
- Length: 05:06
- Purchases: 1
Each year, stroke affects approximately 120,000 women under the age of 45. For many young women, the idea of having a stroke at such a young age se...
- Added: Sep 14, 2012
- Length: 05:14
For Lincoln native Alex Pickerel, the reasons for dropping out of high school went beyond merely not liking school. A series of bad turns in his li...
- Added: Aug 14, 2012
- Length: 05:21
Education Secretary Arne Duncan has called Detroit, where four out of 10 children don't graduate from high school, "arguably, the worst school dist...
- Added: Aug 14, 2012
- Length: 09:01
One city's struggle to regain its economic footing is also tied to significant problems in its schools. Jeffrey Brown reports from Reading, Pa., as...
- Added: Aug 14, 2012
- Length: 10:27
Trying to entice wayward students back to class in Las Vegas, Chaparral High School Principal David Wilson led teams into communities to knock on d...
- Added: Aug 14, 2012
- Length: 07:57
Students with learning differences are twice as likely as their peers to drop out of high school, according to the National Center for Learning Dis...
Bought by NPR Illinois
- Added: Aug 14, 2012
- Length: 09:56
- Purchases: 1
A growing number of state legislatures are using driving privileges as an incentive to keep students from dropping out of high school. States' laws...
- Added: Aug 14, 2012
- Length: 07:20
Hoping to stem a high school dropout crisis, one Texas superintendent is luring many students back to school by giving them a taste of college cour...
- Added: Aug 13, 2012
- Length: 08:00
Victor Rios says he has lived two lifetimes. In his first, he was a gang member, juvenile delinquent and high school dropout. Now, he's a sociology...
- Added: Aug 13, 2012
- Length: 08:54
Photographer and University of California, Santa Barbara professor Richard Ross has spent five years documenting juvenile detention facilities thro...
- Added: Aug 13, 2012
- Length: 05:46
How can we make schools safer without criminalizing youth? How can we confront bias violence? What kinds of restorative practices should we impleme...
Bought by KPVL
- Added: Mar 22, 2012
- Length: 05:47
- Purchases: 1
In another story KALW brought you the story of the so-called Chess Cinderella, Dyhemia Young. The foster child won a college scholarship at a prest...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 11, 2011
- Length: 06:41
- Purchases: 1
An expert on hazing is looking at ways to prevent this dangerous initiation ritual from happening on campus. Kelley Libby reports.
Bought by KENW and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Jul 18, 2011
- Length: 02:31
- Purchases: 2
As the school year draws to and end around the Bay, school districts are struggling with finances. Take Brisbane. It’s a small district – only two ...
- Added: Jun 15, 2011
- Length: 06:49
Shrinking school budgets and cuts to classes and staff are serious problems that will need answering, but it's gradution season, and that's cause f...
- Added: Jun 15, 2011
- Length: 05:17
Greenfield MA has partnered with the K12 Corporation and opened the first virtual academy in Massachusetts. Some involved are thrilled, others see...
- Added: Feb 08, 2011
- Length: 05:10
Between 50 and 80 percent of American adults carry oral herpes, the virus that causes sold sores. Many people with oral herpes never show any symp...
- Added: Jan 06, 2010
- Length: 07:19
Ever had trouble listening? ever had trouble concentrating? Yes sometimes we all have
such problems. But some have it worst than others, some even...
- Added: Oct 28, 2009
- Length: 30:01
School on Wheels is a non-profit program located in Los Angeles which pairs volunteer tutors to homeless students.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and CKMO
- Added: Mar 11, 2009
- Length: 03:09
- Purchases: 3
Against a backdrop of failing public schools throughout the state of Texas, there is a new program at Austin High School showing new initiative. It...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and Radijojo World Children's Radio Network
- Added: Jan 13, 2009
- Length: 04:41
- Purchases: 2
Seeking Peace on Earth: The Peace Talks Radio Special reminds listeners that there ARE people who are actually pursuing peace and offering ideas ho...
Bought by KUOW, KUOW, WGDR, KXOT Public Radio, KVNF and more
- Added: Nov 17, 2008
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 6
Amayatou Mbaye, unable to read or write French until age 14, has led a school for nearly 30 years to bring education to the street
Bought by WRVO Public Media and NPR Station Showcase with PRX
- Added: Jul 04, 2008
- Length: 06:43
- Purchases: 2
For some people, "used" is a four-letter word. They must have the latest goodies. "Pre-owned" just won't do.
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Aug 27, 2007
- Length: 01:29
- Purchases: 1
