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Stories about education, opportunity, and how people learn. From APM Reports.
Episodes
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U.S. continues to slip behind other countries in percentage of population with degrees
28/01/2019 Duration: 11minA lack of highly skilled workers leaves American employers unable to fill jobs.
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Oklahoma charter school becomes lightning rod in debate over rural education
17/12/2018 Duration: 20minA businessman struggling to recruit employees opened the school despite objections from the local school board.
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Hundreds of thousands of people could lose their legal status. One hopes to graduate with his college degree first
03/12/2018 Duration: 16minIf the Trump administration has its way, Jose would be forced from the U.S. just a few months before graduation.
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Despite decades of pledging to hire more black faculty, most universities didn't
05/11/2018 Duration: 13minThe number of black faculty on college campuses has gone down during the last decade.
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As they lose customers, universities try expanding the menu
22/10/2018 Duration: 11minColleges nationwide have added more than 40,000 new degree and certificate programs in last six years, but are they better serving students?
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In the fight over Kavanaugh, echoes of a battle being waged on college campuses nationwide
08/10/2018 Duration: 24minAcross the country, schools wrestle with how sexual assault is defined and how much proof is needed.
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Poverty, perseverance and a PhD
24/09/2018 Duration: 20minAn elite university helped her climb but changing class can be a lonely journey.
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Hard Words: Why Aren't Our Kids Being Taught to Read?
10/09/2018 Duration: 52minScientific research has shown how children learn to read and how they should be taught. But many educators don't know the science and, in some cases, actively resist it. As a result, millions of kids are being set up to fail.
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Old Idea, New Economy: Rediscovering Apprenticeships
03/09/2018 Duration: 52minYou might think apprenticeships are a relic from an earlier era, but a growing number of Americans are using them as a way into the middle class.
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Still Rising: First-Generation College Students a Decade Later
27/08/2018 Duration: 52minThey bet that college would help them move up. Did it pay off?
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Changing Class: Are Colleges Helping Americans Move Up?
20/08/2018 Duration: 52minColleges have long offered a pathway to success for just about anyone. But new research shows that with the country growing ever more economically divided, colleges are not doing enough to help students from poor families achieve the American Dream.
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School on the move
13/08/2018 Duration: 22minA little-known program has been helping the children of migrant farmworkers graduate for more than 50 years.
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Edged out of the middle class, teachers are walking out
30/07/2018 Duration: 16minDissatisfied with low pay and school funding, teachers in more red states are poised to protest.
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State financial aid money dries up before many low-income college students get help
16/07/2018 Duration: 14minLast year, almost a million students who qualified for state financial aid didn't get it.
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Louisiana ends policy that held thousands of students back a grade or more
15/06/2018 Duration: 16minStudents held back were at high risk of dropping out.
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Liberal arts face uncertain future at nation's universities
04/06/2018 Duration: 19minPrograms are being cut to make way for degrees with "clear career pathways."
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Giving parents more freedom to choose doesn't guarantee better schools
21/05/2018 Duration: 18minOther countries offer clues about how effective nationwide school choice would be in the U.S.
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'I never want to be in a neighborhood where I'm shot at again'
07/05/2018 Duration: 32minA first-generation college graduate reflects on moving up America's class ladder.
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Are America's colleges promoting social mobility?
23/04/2018 Duration: 20minEconomists dig into the data to understand which schools are doing the most to help revive the American Dream.
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Schools prove soft targets for hackers
09/04/2018 Duration: 20minCybersecurity is a growing concern as schools collect an increasing amount of data on students.