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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Talking About Race in Schools
Over the past year, race relations have dominated the news ...
Over the past year, race relations have dominated the news cycle. This can bring up difficult questions, especially for parents and teachers. Our guest Yolanda Moses says Americans need to find more ways to talk about race in schools.
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Minorities and Special Ed
For years policy makers believed that minorities were overrepresented in ...
For years policy makers believed that minorities were overrepresented in special education and that there was inherent bias in the way kids were being identified as disabled. A new study turns this idea on its head.
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Learning from Video Games
A lot of parents worry about whether their kids' video ...
A lot of parents worry about whether their kids' video game habits are harmful - especially when gaming gets in the way of homework or reading. But writer Greg Toppo says gaming can be a great way to learn.
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Teaching the Birds and the Bees
For more than a century, Americans have been arguing about ...
For more than a century, Americans have been arguing about how to teach children about the birds and the bees in public schools. A new book argues that for all the fuss about sex education in America, students get precious little of it.
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Million-Dollar Teacher
When Nancie Atwell was growing up, she never thought sheâd ...
When Nancie Atwell was growing up, she never thought sheâd go to college, let alone become an award-winning teacher. But a few months ago, Atwell received a $1-million-dollar global prize for her decades of teaching English and literacy skills to e ...
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Divestment on Campus
Across the world, college students are urging their institutions to ...
Across the world, college students are urging their institutions to âdivestâ from fossil fuels. This week we ask: is the divestment movement working?
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Can how you move change how you think?
Scientists have long thought of the brain as a âcontrol ...
Scientists have long thought of the brain as a âcontrol centerâ for the body â a kind of computer that dictates how we move. But what if how we walk and stand and gesture could actually change how we think?
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Forest Schools
What if one day a week, school was in the ...
What if one day a week, school was in the woods? On the podcast, Emily Hanford takes us to Vermont to understand why teachers wanted to take their students into the forest, and what the kids -- and the teachers -- are learning from it.
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Exposing Conditions at Native Schools
There are 183 federally-run Bureau of Indian Education schools in ...
There are 183 federally-run Bureau of Indian Education schools in the nation, and about a third of these are in poor condition. Some students at BIE schools deal with poorly-insulated classrooms, holes in the roof, rodents, and other issues on a dail ...
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Green Teachers
A generation ago, if you walked into an American classroom, ...
A generation ago, if you walked into an American classroom, youâd likely find a veteran teacher who'd been on the job for 15 years or more. Today you're more likely to find a brand-new teacher â someone who's been the job for a year or less.
