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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Navigating the Financial Aid System
Spring is the time of year when college acceptance letters ...
Spring is the time of year when college acceptance letters start landing in the mailboxes - and inboxes - of high school seniors across the country. It's also the time of year when many students will have to figure out how they will be able to pay fo ...
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Yes We Must
A new majority of students going to college are low-income, ...
A new majority of students going to college are low-income, Hispanic or African-American, and from the southern or western United States. They are also older than so-called traditional students. The recently-formed Yes We Must Coalition aims to shine ...
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School Counseling Crisis
California schools have an average of 1,000 students for every ...
California schools have an average of 1,000 students for every guidance counselor. The American School Counselor Association recommends a ratio of 250 students to one. But as public school budgets shrink, counseling programs get cut, and that forces ...
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Problem Solving Skills
A new international survey of 15-year-olds shows students in the ...
A new international survey of 15-year-olds shows students in the United States are pretty good problem solvers.
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Problem-Solving Skills and Jobs
A new international survey of 15-year-olds shows students in the ...
A new international survey of 15-year-olds shows students in the United States are pretty good problem solvers. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development wanted to learn whether young people are prepared for jobs of the future. Guest: ...
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Holding Online Schools Accountable
A new survey shows online K-12 schools under-performing brick-and-mortar schools. ...
A new survey shows online K-12 schools under-performing brick-and-mortar schools. Recommendations include specialized teacher training for virtual instruction and more accountability. Guest: Luis Huerta, Professor of Education at Columbia University.
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Don't Wake a Sleeping Teenager
Neuroscience research says teenagers don't just like to sleep; they ...
Neuroscience research says teenagers don't just like to sleep; they need to sleep. A new CDC study suggests early high school start times are not just hard for students they're dangerous. Guest: Kyla Wahlstrom, Professor of Education at the Universit ...
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The Attainment Agenda
A new book says success for low-income college students should ...
A new book says success for low-income college students should be a national priority. There's no G.I. Bill or Higher Education Act on the horizon for low-income students; the states must write and implement new policies to achieve the goal. The auth ...
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The SAT Gets Revamped
The College Board announced last week that it's going to ...
The College Board announced last week that it's going to redesign the SAT exam by spring 2016. Will a new test bring more equity to the college admissions process? Guest: Caralee J. Adams, Contributing Writer, Education Week.
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Historically Black Colleges and Universities Struggle to Compete
Until the end of the Civil Rights Movement of the ...
Until the end of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and early '70s, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) were among the only options for people of color who wanted to go to college. But today HBCUs are competing with all four-year ...
