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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Ready to Work
Vocational education was once a staple of American schooling, preparing ...
Vocational education was once a staple of American schooling, preparing some kids for blue-collar futures while others were put on a path to college. Today the new mantra is "college for all." But not everyone wants to go to college, and more than ha ...
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The New Face of College
Just 20 percent of college-goers fit the stereotype of being ...
Just 20 percent of college-goers fit the stereotype of being young, single, full-time students who finish a degree in four years. College students today are more likely to be older, part-time, working, and low-income than they were three decades ago. ...
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Greater Expectations
The United States is in the midst of a huge ...
The United States is in the midst of a huge education reform. The Common Core State Standards are a new set of expectations for what students should learn each year in school. The standards have been adopted by most states, though there's plenty of c ...
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The Science of Smart
Researchers have long been searching for better ways to learn. ...
Researchers have long been searching for better ways to learn. In recent decades, experts working in cognitive science, psychology, and neuroscience have opened new windows into how the brain works, and how we can learn to learn better. In this progr ...
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Paul Tough on how children succeed
Paul Tough talks about his new book, How Children Succeed. ...
Paul Tough talks about his new book, How Children Succeed. He says it's character that matters when it comes to learning. Children need curiosity, optimism and self-control.
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Tracking and vocational ed
Jeannie Oakes, who has studied tracking for decades, says vocational ...
Jeannie Oakes, who has studied tracking for decades, says vocational ed and "tracking" are connected, and that sorting students by race and class is still a problem.
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Reinventing college for a new kind of student
Long-predicted demographic changes mean a new kind of student is ...
Long-predicted demographic changes mean a new kind of student is figuring out where to go to college, and how to pay for it.
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Is school funding fair?
A new report looks at why some schools have a ...
A new report looks at why some schools have a lot of money to spend per pupil, while others don't, and what to do about it.
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Who Needs College?
In May Stephen Smith was invited to be on a ...
In May Stephen Smith was invited to be on a panel in Minneapolis that focused on the value of higher education. The panel answered questions such as: Who needs college?
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Unionizing Adjuncts
A growing number of adjunct faculty at colleges and universities ...
A growing number of adjunct faculty at colleges and universities across the country are voting to unionize. Data from the Department of Education show a tremendous move toward using these so-called contingent teachers in all types of post-secondary i ...
