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Keeping Teachers

From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education

Caption: Teacher Christopher McFadden is a member of The Fellowship, a group in Philadelphia trying to recruit and retain black male teachers. Only 2 percent of teachers in American public schools are black men., Credit: Emily Hanford

(8/28/2017) There may be nothing more important in the educational life of a child than having effective teachers. But the United States is struggl...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KUER, Georgia Public Broadcasting, KOSU, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more

S1E2 - The Blight Fight

From: ONE EIGHTY
Series: ONE-EIGHTY

How Saginaw is eliminating blighted, vacant properties.

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.

A Year of Future Docs, in One Hour

From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Series: Future Docs

Caption: Sarah and Peter are about to begin their third year of med school., Credit: Kristin Gourlay

Throughout the school year, we've been following two bright, young, future doctors. Now, we're wrapping up the journey with a one-hour documentary ...

Bought by 90.5 WESA, KZYX, KUNM, and Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)

Future Docs 3: The Changing Face of Residency

From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Series: Future Docs

Caption: Resident Anne Kuritzky begins morning rounds on the surgical intensive care unit., Credit: Kristin Gourlay

After medical school, most doctors go through a kind of on-the-job training called residency. Residency programs have been around for a while, but ...

Future Docs 6: Treating an Older, Sicker Nation

From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Series: Future Docs

Caption: Second year medical student Peter Kaminski takes a history from a "standardized patient.", Credit: Kristin Gourlay

As a nation, we’re getting older, and we’re getting sicker. More of us than ever are over the age of 65. And more of us are suffering from at least...

Bought by Prairie Public

Future Docs 8: Learning the Body's Systems...and the Health Care System

From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Series: Future Docs

Caption: Resident Anne Kuritzky examines a traume patient at Rhode Island Hospital., Credit: Kristin Gourlay

What do doctors need to learn in school to take the best care of you? Clearly, they need advanced medical and scientific knowledge. But should we e...

Bought by Prairie Public

Solving the Middle School Math Problem

From: With Good Reason
Series: news features

A $25 million federal grant has been awarded to improve math achievement in low-income middle schools across the nation. Ground zero for the progra...

Bought by KENW