Kelly Kovacic, director of regional educator initiatives for Commit!; John Gasko, dean of the School of Education at the UNT Dallas; and DISD deputy superintendent Ivan Duran join us to talk about efforts to bridge the teacher gap.
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The Burden Of Debt At HBCUs
Katherine M. Saunders joins us to talk about how students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities are burdened with higher loan debt than students at other schools.
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Racism On Campus
In the last week, incidence of racism and harassment have taken place on Texas high school and college campuses. This hour, we’ll talk about counseling young adults on how to deal with these situations – and what to when these lessons are being learned at home.
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A Look At Substitute Teaching
This hour, we’ll talk with Nicholson Baker about the unique view substitute teachers have into our public schools – and about how to improve daily life in the classroom – which he writes about in “Substitute: Going to School With a Thousand Kids.”
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How To Pay For College
This hour, we’ll talk about strategies for paying for college and about how much debt is reasonable to take on with Ron Elsenbaumer, interim provost and vice president for academic affairs at UT-Arlington; and Cynthia Butler, executive director of financial aid for Dallas County Community College District.
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How To Raise A Genius
This hour, as part of KERA’s American Graduate initiative, we’ll talk about identifying high achievers at a young age – and how we can foster learning in kids – with Tom Clynes. His story “How to Raise a Genius” appears in the journal Nature.
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The Politics Of College Rape
This hour, we’ll talk about how Baylor and many other universities turn a blind eye to sexual assault claims – and about how these schools can address the issue – with Jessica Luther. Her book is called “Unsportsmanlike Conduct: College Football and the Politics of Rape.”
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Reskilling America
This hour, we’ll talk with Katherine Newman, provost and professor of sociology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She’s the co-author of the new book “Reskilling America: Learning to Labor in the Twenty-First Century.”
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How To Help Children Cope With Violence
This hour, as part of KERA’s American Graduate initiative, we’ll talk about how we can help young people process the many issues that contribute to these violent acts with a panel of child psychologists.
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A Girl’s Journey From Nothing To Something
This hour, we’ll talk with C. Nicole Mason about her memoir, “Born Bright: A Young Girl’s Journey from Nothing to Something in America.”
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Why Knowing Things Still Matters
This hour, we’ll talk about why internalizing seemingly unconnected data actually makes us better thinkers with William Poundstone. His new book is called “Head in the Cloud: Why Knowing Things Still Matters When Facts are so Easy to Look Up” (Little, Brown and Co.).
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Educating Our Minority-Majority
This hour, as part of KERA’s American Graduate Series, we’ll talk about creating more inclusive classrooms – and about what our schools can tell us about the nation’s future.
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