American Radio Works
American Public Media's American RadioWorks creates documentaries, series projects, and investigative reports for the public radio system and the Internet. American RadioWorks releases documentaries in the spring and fall.
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College Un-Affordability
The cost of college keeps going up. But family earnings ...
The cost of college keeps going up. But family earnings are staying the same. This is leading to an unsustainable situation for both colleges and would-be students. Guest: Chris Farrell, APM economics editor.
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The United States gets a "C"
The results are in from academic tests of 15-year-olds in ...
The results are in from academic tests of 15-year-olds in 65 countries and regions. PISA shows Finland slipping, Vietnam doing well, and the United States still middle of the pack. Guest: Jill Barshay, Contributing Editor, The Hechinger Report, and F ...
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Competency-Based Education
At most colleges, a degree is based on "seat time." ...
At most colleges, a degree is based on "seat time." But economists argue that the number of college grads is growing too slowly to meet the needs of today's workforce, and that there should be a way to give students credit for what they already know. ...
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College in High School
It's not just Advanced Placement any more. A new trend ...
It's not just Advanced Placement any more. A new trend is for students taking college classes for college credit while in high school.It can save money and change lives. Guest: Melinda Karp, researcher at Columbia University.
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Measuring School Improvement
A new study finds that the emphasis on accountability since ...
A new study finds that the emphasis on accountability since No Child Left Behind may be harming students, not helping them. The authors argue that educators must measure what they value, instead of valuing what they measure. Guest: Andy Hargreaves, P ...
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Grouping Kids by Ability: Drawbacks
Grouping students by ability has become more prevalent since No ...
Grouping students by ability has become more prevalent since No Child Left Behind. But does academic "sorting" hurt low-performing students? Guest: Jeannie Oakes, Director of Educational Opportunity and Scholarship programs for the Ford Foundation.
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Grouping Kids by Ability: Benefits
Is academic tracking good for our kids? New research shows ...
Is academic tracking good for our kids? New research shows gains in test scores when students are sorted by their academic ability. Guest: Courtney Collins, Assistant Professor of Economics, Rhodes College. Read Collins's study, "Does Sorting Student ...
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Trey Kay's "The Long Game: Texas' Ongoing Battle for the Direction of the Classroom"
In November Texas plans to adopt new science textbooks which ...
In November Texas plans to adopt new science textbooks which will be used in classrooms there for the next decade. This new documentary, by independent producer Trey Kay, examines Texas' perennial battle over science standards and, in particular, how ...
