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Summer Learning Series: Graduation Rates Get Boost Through Summer Learning

From: WBHM
Series: Summer Learning Lifts Graduation Rates

Caption: Scholars dance out to the beat of “Uptown Funk – Bell Edition.” The YMCA of Greater Montgomery Power Scholars Academy Culmination Ceremony was held Friday, July 10, in the auditorium of Carver Elementary School in Montgomery, Credit: Shannon Heupel/Montgomery Advertiser

National education leaders are trumpeting recent increases in high school graduation rates, yet about 20 percent of kids still dropout before compl...

Summer Learning Series: Ambitious Program Gears Up To Push Middle-Schoolers Past High School

From: WBHM
Series: Summer Learning Lifts Graduation Rates

Caption: A view from the balcony: the Young Musicians Camp ensemble plays everything from classical to “All About That Bass” at the University of Montevallo. , Credit: Dan Carsen

Fewer reading materials in the home. Less access to camps or museums. Those are some of the reasons “summer learning loss” disproportionately affe...

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 7: Sarah and Peter Reach a Milestone

From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Series: Future Docs

Caption: Second year medical student Sarah Rapoport grabs the mic and interviews fellow student Peter Kaminski., Credit: Kristin Gourlay

For the past school year, the series "Future Docs" has been following two Brown University medical students to see how their training is evolving w...

Future Docs 4: Flirting with Specialties, Treating Real Patients

From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Series: Future Docs

Caption: Second year medical student Sarah Rapoport, in Brown University's Warren Alpert Medical School., Credit: Kristin Gourlay

We're checking in on our Future Docs, Sarah and Peter, who've nearly reached the mid-way point of their second year of medical school. Reporter Kri...

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