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Synopsis
Stories about education, opportunity, and how people learn. From APM Reports.
Episodes
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High schools push few students with disabilities to consider college
26/03/2018 Duration: 15minMost students with disabilities can make it to and through college, but are hindered by low expectations.
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Is the trauma of training for a school shooter worth it?
12/03/2018 Duration: 22minMost American students practice "active shooter" drills in school. Fewer than one in a million of them will need it.
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A college degree, or your money back
26/02/2018 Duration: 13minA growing number of colleges and universities are guaranteeing a job after graduation.
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Overwhelmed by student debt, many low-income students drop out
12/02/2018 Duration: 17minAlmost a third of Americans who take out loans to pay for college don't get a degree.
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High school football makes a comeback in New Orleans
29/01/2018 Duration: 16minCharter schools cut football to win minds. Now to win hearts, they're bringing it back.
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Nearly 1 in 5 female college students are single moms
15/01/2018 Duration: 12minStruggling to juggle school, work and child care, most of them won't make it to graduation.
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History of civil rights movement gets short shrift in Mississippi classrooms
18/12/2017 Duration: 18minDespite efforts to require lessons on civil rights, outdated textbooks indicate little has changed.
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Rural students are the least likely to go to college
04/12/2017 Duration: 16minThey're being ignored as the nation tries to ramp up degree completion.
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Yoga and dogs bring calm to school for troubled kids
20/11/2017 Duration: 14minThe doors are locked at this special ed school in Minneapolis so no one runs away. It's a surprising place to find kids doing breathing exercises.
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Some prisons trying to maintain college education
06/11/2017 Duration: 54minIt's one of the best defenses against recidivism, but investment is lacking.
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Mr. Rodriguez is undocumented and unafraid
23/10/2017 Duration: 16minTeachers with DACA serving low-income, immigrant communities could be tough to replace.
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Resegregation in Alabama
09/10/2017 Duration: 16minWhen predominantly white cities secede from larger districts, it has a segregating effect.
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How alumni revived a dying college
25/09/2017 Duration: 14minAs small private colleges struggle to survive, we look at one that almost didn't make it.
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Hard to Read: How American schools fail kids with dyslexia
11/09/2017 Duration: 51minPublic schools are denying children with dyslexia proper treatment and often failing to identify them in the first place.
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Shadow Class: College Dreamers in Trump's America
11/09/2017 Duration: 52minPresident Trump is ending DACA, which allowed some 800,000 undocumented young people to stay and work in the United States. For some, that may mean the end of a dream of going to college. This program profiles DACA students and their opponents and examines a key court case and political forces that led to this moment.
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Shackled Legacy: Universities and the Slave Trade
04/09/2017 Duration: 51minProfits from slavery and related industries helped build some of the most prestigious schools in New England. This documentary focuses on three universities -- Harvard, Georgetown and the University of Virginia -- as they grapple with a deeply troubling chapter in their vaunted histories.
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Keeping Teachers
28/08/2017 Duration: 51minThere may be nothing more important in the educational life of a child than having effective teachers. But the United States is struggling to attract and keep teachers.
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'The oldest not-18-year-old'
07/08/2017 Duration: 11minA descendant of slaves sold to save Georgetown University in 1838 will be a member of this year's freshman class — at age 63.
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Segregation's Back
21/07/2017 Duration: 54minPeople who lived through the desegregation era see their former schools fall back into segregation.
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What children in food deserts do during the summer
10/07/2017 Duration: 12minThere are millions of kids in America who the USDA considers "food insecure" -- they live in households without regular access to nutritious food. For them, school feeding programs are essential.