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Caption: Rewriting the Sentence: College Behind Bars
After an abrupt reversal 20 years ago, some prisons and colleges try to maintain college education for prisoners.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WMUU-LP, Interlochen Public Radio, KUER, WSKG and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Caption: What It Takes: Chasing Graduation in High-Poverty High Schools
The nation's high school graduation rate is at an all-time high, but high-poverty schools face a stubborn challenge. Schools in Miami and Pasadena ...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KOSU, WAER Syracuse, NY, WSKG, WRIR and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
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A get-tough attitude prevailed among educators in the 1980s and 1990s, but research shows that zero-tolerance policies don't make schools safer and...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KOSU, WSKG, KUER, WRIR and more


  • Added: Aug 29, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 14
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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
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Jaimita Haskell takes listeners inside the problems of academic tracking.

Bought by YouthCast and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Jun 01, 2006
  • Length: 08:18
  • Purchases: 2