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Struggle to Read Leads Students to Drop Out
From: WCPN
Series: StateImpact Ohio
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Reading is essential to almost every aspect of learning. When students struggle with reading, it can put them behind both academically and socially...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Apr 14, 2014
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 1
The Link Between Pregnancy and High School Dropouts
From: WCPN
Series: StateImpact Ohio
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More than 305,000 teenage girls gave birth across the country in 2012, according to data from the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned P...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2014
  • Length: 03:44
For Some Students, Just Showing Up = Success
From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Educating on the Edge
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Educators at one Brooklyn high school focus on getting their at-risk students across the threshold of the building. Sounds simple, right? Think again.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WABE, and WNIJ


  • Added: Jan 02, 2014
  • Length: 07:08
  • Purchases: 3
Yesterday's Dropouts
From: WAMU
Series: Breaking Ground
Caption: An Unfinished Education
Approximately 30 million adults in the U.S. are at the low end of the literacy spectrum. They struggle to read a menu, a pay stub or a bus schedule...

Bought by XRAY.fm, KSFR, KTSW 89.9, WNYC, WITF and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2013
  • Length: 51:30
  • Purchases: 19
American Graduate - Crossing the Stage
From: WUNC
Series: American Graduate
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Hosted by Dick Gordon, this program talks about what’s happening with the drop-out rate in the country. More kids are staying in school but those n...

Bought by KUNM, KTSW 89.9, WNIJ, KUHF, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 16, 2013
  • Length: 51:26
  • Purchases: 14
Second Chance Diploma: Examining the GED
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: Studying for the GED at an adult education school in Washington, D.C., Credit: Emily Hanford
Millions of high school dropouts hope their ticket to a better job is getting a GED. But critics say passing a test is not the same as getting a hi...

Bought by WMUU-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KPIP-LP, WITF, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Sep 06, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
Getting to the Common Core
From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera
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Common core standards have been adopted by 44 states across the country, but questions remain about its implementation. A fourth-grade math and sci...

Bought by KMUZ and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 2
Back to Basics - An American Graduate Special
From: Al Letson
Series: State of the Re:Union: Season Three
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In this American Graduate special, State of the Re:Union takes a closer look at school, community, and the drop out crisis in this country. With r...

Bought by WNCU, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KACU, WRKF, WYSO and more


  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 25
Summer in Sanctuary: An American Graduate Special
From: Al Letson
Series: State of the Re:Union: Season Three
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Every day in America, more than 7,000 students drop out of school. In a State of the Re:Union first, this episode combines radio drama and document...

Bought by KACU, KTSW 89.9, WEKU, KUNC & The Colorado Sound, Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more


  • Added: Sep 28, 2012
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 23
Left Behind, Dropping Out
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
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Every year, more than a million kids drop out of school. Without a diploma, they will have a tough time succeeding. But the problem starts much ear...

Bought by KMUZ, WTIP, KCPW Salt Lake City, Spokane Public Radio, KZYX and more


  • Added: Sep 11, 2012
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 49
Charter School Likely Coming To Chapel Hill
From: WUNC
Series: American Graduate
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Dave DeWitt reports that a proposed charter school in Chapel Hill has educators and families there picking sides.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 04:12
  • Purchases: 1
Youth Radio Institute: Fontezia Walker (American Graduate)
From: WUNC
Series: American Graduate
Caption: Fontezia Walker
The series from the WUNC Youth Radio Institute concludes with a story from Fontezia Walker.

  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 05:35
Fixing a "Dropout Factory"
From: WUNC
Series: American Graduate
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In 2009, North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue and the State Department of Public Instruction took over the Halifax School System in Northeastern Nor...

Bought by KZYX and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 05:27
  • Purchases: 2
American Graduate: Poetic Justice Part 1
From: WUNC
Series: American Graduate
Caption: Students from a writing workshop at Northern High School in Durham
American Graduate: A poetry program in Durham is using rhythm and rhyme to keep kids from making the choice to drop out of school.

Bought by WCSU-FM and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 2
American Graduate: Dropping Back In
From: WUNC
Series: American Graduate
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Dave DeWitt reports on a school in Durham that is helping at-risk kids graduate from high school.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 1
Picked in 3rd grade, dreaming bigger at graduation
From: MPR News Stations
Series: MPR News' Youth Series
Caption: Tiara Bellaphant graduated from St. Paul Central High School on June 9, 2010. A participant in the Destination 2010 scholarship program, Bellaphant plans to attend Tennessee State University in the fall., Credit: MPR Photo/Julie Siple
In 2001, Tiara Bellaphant became part of an experiment. Third graders at seven low-performing Minneapolis and St. Paul schools were offered mentori...

Bought by WVAS and WGXC


  • Added: Jun 11, 2010
  • Length: 07:12
  • Purchases: 2