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This week we feature an interview with Patrick, who reflects on his
experience with addiction and prison. His story is both deeply personal
and ana...
- Added: Jun 13, 2017
- Length: 30:10
This week, we focus on the closing of a volunteer-run dorm in the Monroe County Jail. The Addicts in Recovery, or AIR Dorm, has been a unique part ...
- Added: Jun 13, 2017
- Length: 29:05
We return to the topic of education within the prison system. After some prison news, we hear a statement written by someone who taught in prisons ...
- Added: Mar 01, 2017
- Length: 29:04
In this episode, we introduce a new topic, going “off-paper.” When
prisoners finish their time and re-enter the free world, they confront a
whole h...
- Added: Feb 05, 2017
- Length: 28:12
There’s a saying that goes “it’s never too late to be what you could have been.” What if you want to be an avid reader, but you have poor literacy...
- Added: Jun 06, 2016
- Length: 08:24
Indiana University student Brett Dorsky found inspiration for a class assignment while visiting his barber last year. We bring you his story now fo...
- Added: Feb 15, 2016
- Length: 06:14
Today, supporters of a controversial new charter school in Monroe County announced they have received approval to open as soon as this coming Augus...
- Added: Jan 20, 2016
- Length: 11:42
At two public forums last month, parents of local school children expressed overwhelming dissatisfaction with the school calendar. The Calendar Com...
- Added: Oct 12, 2015
- Length: 08:56
The new school year began on Monday for students in the Monroe County Community School Corporation. At Fairview Elementary, the Indiana Department ...
- Added: Aug 06, 2015
- Length: 08:31
Next Wednesday the Indiana Board of Education is scheduled to vote on new standards for how some teachers get licenses. The Department of Education...
- Added: Jul 30, 2015
- Length: 07:35
Addiction affects everyone, even college students. Now, three people at Indiana University have come together to create a campus recovery community...
- Added: Jul 02, 2015
- Length: 07:51
Earning your degree is a milestone in life, but it's just the beginning of a whole new set of concerns, especially when it comes to money.
Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.
- Added: Jun 02, 2015
- Length: 05:06
- Purchases: 1
The fall of 2016 should see the new Engineering Department open at IU-Bloomington open for its first students. While the initiative still needs the...
- Added: Apr 21, 2015
- Length: 07:30
Bills have been introduced into both houses of the Indiana General Assembly that would change the way the Chairperson of the State Board of Educati...
- Added: Feb 02, 2015
- Length: 08:31
There is increasing pressure on K-12 schools to examine their policies for punishing students, particularly because research now shows black studen...
- Added: Jan 12, 2015
- Length: 08:52
Indiana Superintendent Glenda Ritz released a video September 18th, the first in a three part series titled State of the Classroom. The first video...
- Added: Sep 30, 2014
- Length: 07:22
Indiana Superintendent Glenda Ritz received more votes in the 2012 election than Governor Mike Pence yet has been stymied by his administration thr...
- Added: Sep 15, 2014
- Length: 10:05
WFHB's award winning daily local news broadcast.
- Added: Aug 14, 2014
- Length: 20:05
In this episode of Standing Room only we go to bobby's Colorado Steak House for a discussion of new charter schools possibly being introduced to Mo...
- Added: Aug 13, 2014
- Length: 58:40
Host Doug Storm is joined by prominent blogger and Purdue PhD candidate Freddie DeBoer. DeBoer’s blog, Interfaces of the Word, is often linked to a...
- Added: Jun 24, 2014
- Length: 56:49
Later this month the union that represents public school teachers across the country is holding a major summit in Denver. This morning Assistant Ne...
- Added: Jun 18, 2014
- Length: 09:12
Tonight we try to think about the way Public Education is politicized and the way that the politics of education as a system of social management h...
Bought by KWIT
- Added: Jun 10, 2014
- Length: 58:35
- Purchases: 1
Under new rules recently adopted by the Indiana State Board of Education, high schools in Indiana will now be able to hire people without formal tr...
- Added: May 20, 2014
- Length: 10:09
For today’s WFHB feature exclusive, correspondent Drew Daudelin spoke with Indiana Commissioner for Higher Education Teresa Lubbers, about on-time ...
- Added: May 16, 2014
- Length: 08:35
A press conference held today revealed the positive impact of arts programing on Fairview Preschoolers during this academic year. Representatives i...
- Added: May 13, 2014
- Length: 06:59
