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The Science of Smart | American RadioWorks |
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The Science of Smart. Iframe src="http:/ www.americanradioworks.org/documentaries/the-science-of-smart/? Embed=player" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="100%" height="240px" /iframe. 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. This is your brain on language. Learning to love tests. Humans obviously learn a lot ...
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Greater Expectations | American RadioWorks |
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Students in Kentucky taking a Common Core math test. (Photo: Emily Hanford). The Challenge of the Common Core. Iframe src="http:/ www.americanradioworks.org/documentaries/greater-expectations/? Embed=player" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="100%" height="240px" /iframe. What is the Common Core? The Common Core is a big change for public schools, but most Americans know little about it. Learn what Common Core is, where it came from, and why it’s become so controversial. Read the Common Core standards.
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The First Gen Movement | American RadioWorks |
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April 22, 2015 • Suzanne Pekow. The First Gen Movement. Image: Harvard First Generation Student Union Facebook Page. Iframe src="http:/ www.americanradioworks.org/the-first-gen-movement/? Embed=player" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="100%" height="240px" /iframe. As we’ve reported,. Harvard’s First Generation Student Union. Was recently profiled in both the Boston Globe. And the New York Times. College, from which he graduated in 2007. What is restorative justice? Race in suburban schools. The subu...
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When was the last time you ate? In one survey, 7 percent of college students said they went an entire day without eating. What is restorative justice? Students of color are twice as likely to be suspended as white kids. So schools are turning to an alternative called restorative justice. A homeless student struggles towards graduation. We follow a homeless student as she fights to graduate from high school. The facts and fictions of student debt. A student debt crisis in America? Race in suburban schools.
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Exposing Conditions at Native Schools | American RadioWorks |
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May 06, 2015 • Suzanne Pekow. Exposing Conditions at Native Schools. Having slept poorly the night before and arrived to a cold classroom Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig High School student Irvin Kingbird, a senior, curled up with a blanket and pillow in the corner of the resource room to rest and get warm Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2014, at the Bug High School in Bena, MN. Photo: David Joles, Star Tribune. Iframe src="http:/ www.americanradioworks.org/exposing-conditions-at-native-schools/? What is restorative justice? Studen...
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A support, networking, and resource center for public media freelancers, artists, contractors, and other independents. WaPo’s new “Historically Black” podcast seeks submissions, deadline Sept 1. August 24, 2016. Is launching a new podcast that narrates the stories of personal objects and experiences of black people in the U.S. as part of a project around the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Which opens September 24. Submission instructions HERE. And below. Deadline Sept 1. Past su...
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Mission, vision and values. The Dinner Party Download. A Prairie Home Companion. The Writer’s Almanac. Current Openings and Information. Ldquo;This program is a great service to classical music … it has certainly enriched my life.”. Mdash;Judith, Ames, IA. Technology is reshaping our world; Marketplace Tech explores how through a daily four minute program, podcast, blog and Twitter feed. Guest hosts talk to newsmakers, innovators, visionaries and creators about how technology is expanding, informing ...
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About — Ways & Means
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We spotlight bright ideas for how to improve human society. Ways and Means is a small radio show about surprising successes and spectacular failures in the art of creating successful neighborhoods, cities, states and countries. We are a show for people curious about the sprawling human laboratory we call democracy, who want to know how things really work, and why the most glamorous ideas about improving human society sometimes fail. Is a senior correspondent covering education for APM Reports. Is assista...
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