http://wunc.org/programs/voices/highschool/topic.2006-05-24.3752084613 daily 1 2006-05-22T14:24:32Z http://wunc.org/resolveuid/23ee883d5e0f708e10875f33bb0919b3/view The history of American Transcendentalism. No publisher Frank Stasio and Lindsay Thomas 2007-11-27T21:00:03Z News Item http://wunc.org/resolveuid/6744c3e6b34cc79dd111074ffa6ac74b/view 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?" No publisher 2006-08-02T17:36:48Z News Item http://wunc.org/resolveuid/ff4789a22e6889ce50f4f5eac354f688/view Multiple-choice tests are a way of life in North Carolina high schools, but what do these tests really measure? No publisher 2006-08-02T13:22:11Z News Item http://wunc.org/resolveuid/812463798e8aa6530c202c12a43ee08d/view Host Frank Stasio talks with ten students from Riverside High School in Durham about their biggest concerns. No publisher 2006-08-01T13:31:23Z News Item http://wunc.org/resolveuid/286f45c938ff389e67c7b17193de9713/view 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 No publisher 2006-07-31T13:50:30Z News Item http://wunc.org/resolveuid/7f9700d9941b164ee485cef7467fcc17/view 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? No publisher North Carolina Voices 2008-01-28T20:19:40Z News Item http://wunc.org/resolveuid/651986154e29ff2f15caf8c2ff484724/view 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? No publisher 2006-05-25T23:33:58Z News Item http://wunc.org/resolveuid/53b992fa405b49349dc63001c641339b/view 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 publisher 2006-05-24T22:32:12Z News Item http://wunc.org/resolveuid/d6e3e39952098d45f66ba3bb98dafafa/view 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. No publisher 2006-05-25T02:33:15Z News Item http://wunc.org/resolveuid/5264c42e066d0142ca458eb76e9a54ea/view 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. No publisher 2006-05-24T23:22:02Z News Item http://wunc.org/resolveuid/7f20d98ac911d1dfe3f0ca42ab78e0b8/view As girls continue to outperform boys in public schools, single-sex education is gaining traction as the next big reform movement. Host Frank Stasio welcomes co-host Corey Webster, a senior at Durham’s Riverside High School. Together, they speak to: Rosemary Salomone, St. John’s University law professor and author of, “Same, Different, Equal: Rethinking Single-Sex Education” (Yale University Press/2003) about the so-called boy crisis in education. Russell Harper, principal of North Carolina A&T Middle College, and Elizabeth Hudgins, senior director of policy and research at Action for Children North Carolina, weigh in on what’s being done in North Carolina to help disadvantaged boys succeed in school. Listener call-in No publisher 2006-05-25T12:57:05Z News Item http://wunc.org/resolveuid/0463bb74293d66267dbfea354b66b64f/view When it comes to education spending, we hear a lot about per pupil expenditures, rich versus poor and school districts that just can’t make ends meet. But in an era in which the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has given money to some eight percent of America’s public schools, should our needy schools turn to private funding to fill the void? Host Frank Stasio talks about the history of education funding in this country and about where the future of education funding lies. Guests include: Jacob Vigdor, associate professor of public policy studies and economics at the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke University; John Dornan, executive director of the Public Schools Forum of North Carolina; Todd Cohen, editor and publisher of the Philanthropy Journal; Vann Langston, director of Triangle High Five; and Lindalyn Kakadelis, director of the North Carolina Education Alliance, a part of the John Locke Foundation. This Show is part of the Series, “North Carolina Voice: Studying High School.” No publisher 2006-05-25T13:02:36Z News Item http://wunc.org/resolveuid/0b48774de3703c5caf015738e155766e/view While parents and policymakers are consumed with the academic component of high school, students have much more than tests and grades on their minds. Host Frank Stasio recently sat down with ten students from Riverside High School in Durham to ask about their biggest concerns. On the next State of Things, from gossip and conformity, to staying safe and staying out of trouble…teenagers talk about high school. The conversation is part of the series “North Carolina Voices: Studying High School.” No publisher 2006-05-25T13:08:04Z News Item http://wunc.org/resolveuid/7bd90ae0088461769edfa79cbfd8e3fb/view 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. Hosted by Frank Stasio and recorded last month, guests include: Howard Lee, chairman of the North Carolina Board of Education; Willie Gilchrist, superintendent at Halifax County Schools; Steve Unruhe, teacher at Riverside H.S. in Durham; and Tony Habit, executive director, The New Schools Project. No publisher Frank Stasio 2008-04-15T04:59:21Z News Item http://wunc.org/resolveuid/585b10c8da548802b0268f48f9b01774/view High Schools: Host Frank Stasio speaks with three reporters from North Carolina Public Radio - WUNC - Laura Leslie, Rose Hoban, and Leoneda Inge - about their stories for the upcoming series “North Carolina Voices: Studying High School.” (20:00) No publisher 2006-05-25T13:15:12Z News Item