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Studying High School Audio Archives
High School Series Encore
Encore presentations of two popular show's from WUNC's series, "Studying High School." On Thursday, "What's Wrong With Boys," and on Friday, "Why Teach?"
Testing
Multiple-choice tests are a way of life in North Carolina high schools, but what do these tests really measure?
Teens Talk
Host Frank Stasio talks with ten students from Riverside High School in Durham about their biggest concerns.
Studying High School
Studying High School: Are high schools failing our students? Or are they better than ever? We kick off our series “North Carolina Voices: Studying High School” with a public forum looking at the state of high schools. This program originally aired on May 15, 2006
Future of High School
Imagine high schools teaching Chinese. Or classes being taught in the evenings or on weekends, or on the internet. What will high schools look like in the future, as our education system tries to meet challenges of overcrowding and globalization?
Testing In Our Schools
Does standardized testing finally bring accountability to our long-failing education system? Or has the culture of standardized testing in our schools resulted in robotic students who can regurgitate facts but can't think creatively?
Gifted Education
Gifted Students: What happens to a student when a school labels him or her as "gifted"? What about those who aren't? And how should public schools go about identifying and educating gifted students?
No Child Left Behind
No Child Left Behind: Five years into the No Child Left Behind era, are our schools any better? Host Frank Stasio talks about the culture shift in secondary education since the Bush Administration implemented the controversial educational reform.
Why Teach?
Teachers are often caught between increasing pressure from administrators to improve academic performance and low pay. So why would someone teach? And what is the future of the teaching profession? As part of the series “North Carolina Voices: Studying High School” we present a live forum on teaching.
