Education

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Support urged for Crater Lake Wilderness Proposal

Airs at: Wed, 03/28/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Radiozine

A coalition of environmental organizations are supporting the “Crater Lake Wilderness” proposal to protect the 90-mile wildlife corridor of forests, mountains and streams around Crater Lake by designating it as Wilderness. This would create miles of uninterrupted wilderness... Read more

Are School Suspensions and Expulsions Driving the Achievement Gap and the Incarceration Rate?

Airs at: Wed, 03/21/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Wednesday Talk Radio

Hosted by Lisa Loving What drives the drop out rate, the achievement gap and the incarceration rate? A growing movement says too many kids are getting suspended and expelled from school as a form of punishment, and more black kids are suspended and expelled from school th... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 03/12/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Denise Morris hosts this edition of the Mole, featuring a discussion of how oil prices are driven up by speculators, a commentary on the theft of education from the poor, a review of the politics of "The Lorax," and a report on attempts by wealthy liberal donors to buy a p... Read more

Stealing Education

Airs at: Mon, 03/12/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Well-read Red Frann Michel discusses the case of Tanya McDowell, a homeless, Black single mother, sentenced to 12 years in prison in Connecticut for using her babysitter's address to enroll her son in a Norwalk school. Frann details the many ways in which governments and... Read more

Out Loud on Tues March 6

Airs at: Tue, 03/06/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Out Loud

Tonight we feature local change agents working on making impacts in our larger communities. Before we welcomed our first guest, we took a music break with 'Una Mujer' from Renee Muzquiz's CD "Gay in Texas". This music was featured in 'Bunkin' with You in the Afterlife', the... Read more

stealing an education

[for the 3/12/12 Mole] What does it mean to steal an education? According to several school districts, it means providing questionable address information, at least if you're Black. Jen Roesch, writing in SocialistWorker.org, reports on the case of Tanya McDowell, a hom... Read more

Jessie Klein, author of "The Bully Society: School Shootings and the Crisis of Bullying in America 's Schools"

Airs at: Mon, 03/05/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: More Talk Radio

Hosts Cecil Prescod and Celeste Carey speak with Jessie Klein, author of The Bully Society: School Shootings and the Crisis of Bullying in America 's Schools. Based on extensive research and interviews with wide-ranging bullying victims, and backed by her decades of experie... Read more

Outside In: Transgendered and Cisgendered

Airs at: Wed, 03/07/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: The Underground

Last week KBOO and Outside In worked together on a youth media project about Peer Education and health. Jackson Weird talks about the similarities between transgender and cisgender folks, how to be a good ally and shares great resources. Read more

Outside In: Domestic Violence

Airs at: Wed, 03/07/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: The Underground

Last week KBOO and Outside In worked together on a youth media project about Peer Education and health. Nancy will speak about types of domestic violence, tips for supporting survivors of domestic violence, resources and a poem she wrote. Read more

Outside In: Crazy things for Love

Airs at: Wed, 03/07/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: The Underground

Last week KBOO and Outside In worked together on a youth media project about Peer Education and health. Ren Vicious, who produced an original song about the crazy things we do when we are crazy in love, featuring original music and lyrics by Ivan Black, incorporating inter... Read more