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Making Cents Of Money

From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour

Economics for all ages, learn about money including its history, inflation, debt, interest and donations

Bought by KQRU FM LP, WLRH, WXPR, Allegheny Mountain Radio, WCNY and more

Beyond the Blackboard: Building Character in Public Schools

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

Caption: A student at the Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School in New York conquers a high ropes course., Credit: Stephen Smith

In the 1940s a British headmaster named Kurt Hahn set up a wilderness school called Outward Bound to teach young men the skills they needed to surv...

Bought by WMUU-LP, XRAY.fm, WITF, Vermont Public, WGBH Radio Boston and more

From Boots to Books: Student Veterans and the New GI Bill

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

Caption: A student hangs a flag outside the veteran’s center at Pasadena City College., Credit: Stephen Smith

The GI Bill of 1944 revolutionized the lives of millions of young veterans, America’s institutions of higher education, and American society at lar...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KUER, WHRV, KAZU Seaside, Calif., KSFR and more

Standing on the Shoulders of the Royal Chicano Airforce

From: Anne Hoffman

The Chicano movement changed California forever in the 1960s and 70s, and its legacy continues in the form of a Sacramento arts center for kids of ...

Determined to Graduate: 'You're Going to See Me on That Stage'

From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Educating on the Edge

Caption: Paula Dinh, a student at West Brooklyn Community High School, Credit: Jennifer Hsu/WNYC

It was a battle to the end for high school senior Paula Dinh. After years of skipping class and other bad habits, followed by a big push to change ...

Bought by WABE

A starting place for former foster youth

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

Caption: Darrell Molett in his living room, Credit: Rachel Wong

Dejon Lewis was 11 years old when child protective services arrived to take him and his twin sister away from their mother, whom he says is a drug ...

How One Student Who 'Hates School' Finds Her Path to Graduation

From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Educating on the Edge

For high school senior Paula Dinh, the path to graduation has been a long one, with times when she questioned her ability — and desire — to finish ...

Bought by WNIJ

Do the Math

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

Civil rights activist Bob Moses famously helped organize a voter registration drive in Mississippi that changed the political landscape for the bla...

Bought by WJCT, KRZA, and KVLU

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

Cyber Teachers

From: With Good Reason
Series: news features

Writers of science fiction have long predicted a time when computers could engage humans in two-way communication, from R2D2 to the sinister Hal 90...

Bought by KENW

Culturology: Erika Kooda explores the nuts and bolts of choosing the right senior song

From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology

During the school year Erika Kooda will be checking in with essays reflecting on her senior year experience. This is the third installment of that ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ

Put to the Test

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

Caption: Students take a standardized test at a high school in Greensboro, North Carolina., Credit: Billy Barnes

There’s been a dramatic change in public education over the past 10 years and it’s all about numbers. (9/6/2007)

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KPIP-LP, NPR Illinois, WTIP, KERA and more

Rising by Degrees

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

Caption: Students on their graduation day from Montgomery College, a community college in Maryland. Most young Latinos looking for a way up through higher education choose community college, but a lot of them never make it to graduation day. , Credit: Emily Hanford

Young Latinos are the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population, and they are among the least likely to graduate from college. (11/5/2009)

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM, KPIP-LP, KQED, KZYX, Nevada Public Radio and more

Early Lessons

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

Caption: A student in a preschool classroom at River Breeze Elementary, a public school in Palatka, Florida. Preschool used to be a radical idea, but now the majority of American children go to preschool. , Credit: Stephen Smith

There’s been a quiet revolution in America’s schools over recent decades. We’ve added an extra grade to a child’s education: Preschool. (10/29/2009)

Bought by WMUU-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WSKG, KPIP-LP, KMUZ and more

Testing Teachers

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

Caption: Teacher Joe Curtis working with a student at Hardy Elementary School in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Credit: Emily Hanford

Kids need good teachers. It’s something people know instinctively. But experts disagree over how to measure teacher quality. (8/26/2010)

Bought by WMUU-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KPIP-LP, KMUZ, WTIP and more

SRP: A Bay Area Sudanese Cultural School

From: Sudan Radio Project

From the Sudan Radio Project: we visit a Sudanese Sunday school in San Leandro, California.

Bought by KALW

Go-Karting

From: WHJE

Vroom, vroom, vroom...

Sacred Fire: John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry

From: Jerry Kenney

One quiet autumn morning the United States was suddenly attacked by a small band of determined men inspired by a charismatic religious fanatic. The...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio

Mind the Gap: Why Good Schools are Failing Black Students (54:00 and 59:00)

From: Nancy Solomon

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