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StoryCorps: Paula Reed and Mandy Cooke
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Paula Reed and Mandy Cooke at StoryCorps in Denver, CO., Credit: Kevin Oliver for StoryCorps.
Mandy Cooke tells Paula Reed about her enduring trauma from the 1999 Columbine High School shooting, which both women survived.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Jun 10, 2022
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 1
This school is crumbling around its students. How long before it gets fixed?
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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A dilapidated school in San Francisco's Mission District faces a vermin infestation, falling celling tiles, sewage problems and even natural gas le...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2021
  • Length: 29:32
The Untold Story of Distance Learning as ISD742 Closes Buildings for the School Year with Lori Posch
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, we hear from St. Cloud’s ISD742 about plans to maintain educating students after Governor Walz’s exec...

  • Added: May 09, 2020
  • Length: 29:57
On Lake Erie island, 'school bus' is a plane
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Cecilia Glauser (l) Max Schneider (r) on their plane ride to school, Credit: Margaret Thompson/ideastream
Life for students on Lake Erie's Middle Bass Island is different - starting with the morning commute to school.

Bought by WVBI-LP, WMUK, WCPN, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WKSU and more


  • Added: Feb 10, 2017
  • Length: 04:36
  • Purchases: 6
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
Intervention for Non-Suicidal Self-Injury - Peggy Andover - PHM
From: Public Health Minute
Series: Public Health Minute
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Nearly 8% of 3rd graders report non-suicidal self injury (NSSI), with nearly 23% of teens reporting the behavior in their lifetime. Bill Latimer fi...

  • Added: May 20, 2015
  • Length: :59
Class of 2025: School Changes
From: Oregon Public Broadcasting
Series: American Graduate - Class of 2025
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Most kids in OPB's Class of 2025 attend a school that got a major overhaul this summer. Oregon Public Broadcasting's Rob Manning checks out the cha...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2014
  • Length: 04:50
No Apples, But Plenty Of Benefits To Being A Virtual Teacher
From: WUNC
Series: North Carolina Teacher Project
Caption: Teacher Julie Reeves and her daughter, Abby., Credit: Dave DeWitt
Dave DeWitt profiles a virtual teacher in North Carolina.

  • Added: Apr 10, 2014
  • Length: 04:33
Competitive Teaching? NC Wrestles With Paying Best Teachers More
From: WUNC
Series: North Carolina Teacher Project
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Dave DeWitt explores the many ideas floating around North Carolina on how to pay the best teachers more money.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 10, 2014
  • Length: 06:45
  • Purchases: 1
Russell Rumberger on America's Dropout Crisis
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
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A conversation with Russell Rumberger, author of Dropping Out: Why Students Drop Out of School and What Can be Done About It.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Sep 17, 2012
  • Length: 50:19
  • Purchases: 1
UNICEF Beyond Schoolbooks Podcast #45: Ongoing drought in the Horn of Africa threatens the new school year
From: UNICEF
Series: Beyond School Books
Caption: Somali children waiting to register for food and other aid in the Dagahaley refugee camp in North Eastern Province, near the Kenya-Somalia border. The camp is among three that comprise the Dadaab camps, located on the outskirts of the town of Dadaab in Ga, Credit: © UNICEF/NYHQ2011-0999/Holt
UNICEF podcast moderator Femi Oke discusses the challenges to the start of the school year in the Horn of Africa in the midst of the drought crisis...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Sep 12, 2011
  • Length: 09:20
  • Purchases: 2
School Building in Afghanistan To Promote Peace [Peace Talks Radio] (59:00 / 54:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Greg Mortenson, Credit: www.gregmortenson.com
This time Peace Talks Radio considers two men – Greg Mortenson and Dr. Mohammad Khan Kharoti (Hah-ROH-Tay)- who firmly believe that the path to rel...

Bought by WHRV, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 06, 2010
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 3
Germantown Childcare Center
From: Joe Sampson
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Stimulus money aided in the creation of the Germantown, Ohio Head Start program which opened in February helping to create new jobs and giving chil...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2010
  • Length: 02:56
School on Wheels
From: World Vision Report
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A study out this week shows that joblessness among low-income workers has reached a staggering 30%. So it’s no surprise that the number of homeles...

Bought by KZYX and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 19, 2010
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 2
School on Wheels
From: Leslie Griffin
Series: Los Angeles features
Caption: school on wheels logo, Credit: www.schoolonwheels.org
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
Building Green
From: Bill Baue
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
High Marks for Vallas
From: Learning Matters
Series: Paul Vallas in New Orleans
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Urban education expert Michael Casserly tells John Merrow why Superintendent Paul Vallas deserves an A- for his first year in New Orleans.

  • Added: Sep 18, 2008
  • Length: 09:56
No Regrets
From: Learning Matters
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Michelle Rhee talks with John Merrow about her controversial first year as DC public school's chancellor and what she has planned for year two.

  • Added: Sep 17, 2008
  • Length: 16:19
Ahead of Laura Bush's Visit, A School's Facelift
From: Addie Goss
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Fresh paint, watered plans, electricity: U.S. money helps spruce up a Malian school ahead of the First Lady's visit.

  • Added: Apr 09, 2008
  • Length: 05:40
Back to School
From: Eve Abrams
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Kids starting junior high school share their excitements and anxieties.

Bought by KZYX and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 02, 2005
  • Length: 03:02
  • Purchases: 2