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You should listen to our SoundCloud playlists this weekend
Though our website and iTunes have our complete audio holdings, you can always check our our SoundCloud streams. Just let them play and be amazed at the…
Aging out of foster care: 'the remainder of a busted equation'
My most recent radio story focused on some of the adults in the child welfare system. These adults, like the children involved, can feel lost and…
Movie review: Short Term 12
Destin Daniel Cretton's film Short Term 12 (2013) brings to light a number of issues around kids in foster care. We've written here in the State of…
Will better evaluations and more training help Michigan's teachers improve?
Teacher evaluations have become a hot political topic in Michigan.Chances are if you’ve heard anything about them, the discussion has been about how to…
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Outtakes: Why one education expert believes video may be best tool to improve teacher performance
Yesterday we had a story about teacher evaluations, and how the process might be changed to make evaluations less about punishing bad teachers and more…
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A fox a bear and an antelope tell you all you need to know about empathy
I've been planning to do a radio story on empathy for more than a year, but it's never really come together. Now I probably don't have to. This animation…
What a massive land lottery in antebellum Georgia tells us about wealth and opportunity today
In the early 1800s, the newly formed state of Georgia had a lot of new land under its control. The land had been taken mostly from the native Muskogee and…
What do you get when you ask teenagers to design an app? You get an awesome app
The app design has been months in the making. But on this day – Thursday of last week – the teens are nervous. "And we’re scared because we have to…
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Technology & Opportunity: Researcher says surveillance is separate and unequal
Researchers are finding that poor and working class communities are often the test spaces for new surveillance technologies.State of Opportunity intern…
Documentary of life 'Paycheck to Paycheck' streaming free this week
Katrina Gilbert is working single mom of three kids. Her life in Tennessee documented was for over a year by HBO films, in collaboration with the Shriver…
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