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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Remaking Education
A new paper says teachers shouldn't be held accountable in ...
A new paper says teachers shouldn't be held accountable in a system that fails students. It suggests ways to take the system from bureaucracy to profession for the 21st century. Guest: Jal Mehta, Associate Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Educat ...
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Snow Days and Test Scores
Snow days have been plentiful in 2014. What impact do ...
Snow days have been plentiful in 2014. What impact do they have on student test scores? Guest: Joshua Goodman, Professor of Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
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Helping Community College Students Graduate
About half of all college students in the United States ...
About half of all college students in the United States go to community colleges and only a third of those students graduate. But administrators at the City University of New York, or CUNY have found a way to get more community college students to gr ...
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Can Teach for America Keep Its Promise?
Teach for America wants to close the achievement gap by ...
Teach for America wants to close the achievement gap by sending future leaders to some of the nation's toughest schools. Critics say it's a flawed idea, but TFA's clout and budget keep growing. Guest: Elisa Villanueva Beard, Co-CEO, Teach for America ...
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Does Teach for America Need Reforming?
A new study says Teach for American may be more ...
A new study says Teach for American may be more costly than valuable. Guest: Julian Vasquez Heilig, Professor of Education, University of Texas.
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Improving Teacher Ed
Many schools of education are awful, experts say. A new ...
Many schools of education are awful, experts say. A new system for accrediting teaching colleges may add rigor and improve outcomes, for teaching students and for teachers' students. Guest: Arthur Levine, President, The Woodrow Wilson National Fellow ...
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A Conservative Defends Common Core
Conservative and liberal activists across the country are speaking out ...
Conservative and liberal activists across the country are speaking out against Common Core State Standards. But Michael Petrilli, who works for the right-leaning Thomas B. Fordham Institute, says the new standards are a huge step forward for American ...
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This College Breaks the Mold
At Quest University in Canada, there are no departments, no ...
At Quest University in Canada, there are no departments, no majors and no faculty ranks. Classes are co-taught by a scientist and a humanist. Collaboration and creativity rule. Guest: David Helfand, President, Quest University Canada.
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Talking to Baby
Research shows the more words babies hear, the better they ...
Research shows the more words babies hear, the better they do in school. The achievement gap starts early; now so do new efforts to close it. Guest: Dr. Dana Suskind, Founder, Thirty Million Words Initiative.
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Invent to Learn
Many educators say the best way to learn is by ...
Many educators say the best way to learn is by combining what you learn in school with real-world practice and that making something yourself or with peers is its own reward. Guest: Sylvia Libow Martinez, Co-Author of Invent to Learn: Making, Tinkeri ...
