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Schooled

What does it really mean to get a good education? What is educational success? The third season of WHYY’s Schooled podcast explores these questions and more through the stories of very different stude... Read more

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S.03 Ep. 04 Summer in the City

S.03 Ep. 04 Summer in the City

A portrait of summer at a recreation center in a Philadelphia neighborhood where the threat of violent crime is never fa... Read more

28 Aug 2019

45mins

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S. 03 Ep. 03: Don’t eat the marshmallow

S. 03 Ep. 03: Don’t eat the marshmallow

KIPP Philadelphia started a middle school in 2003 that promised to change students’ lives.  It was one of the city’s fir... Read more

21 Aug 2019

43mins

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S.03 Ep. 02 Last Chance High — part two

S.03 Ep. 02 Last Chance High — part two

We continue following Joshua Martinez and his classmates as they fight to graduate. But a teacher at El Centro raises se... Read more

14 Aug 2019

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S. 03 Ep. 01: Last Chance High

S. 03 Ep. 01: Last Chance High

Joshua Martinez grew up in poverty in a neighborhood where selling drugs is a way of life. At 16, he quit school, but so... Read more

7 Aug 2019

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Schooled: Season Three Trailer

Schooled: Season Three Trailer

What does it really mean to get a good education? What is educational success? The third season of WHYY’s Schooled pod... Read more

31 Jul 2019

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Special update: The story Jovan Weaver didn’t tell

Special update: The story Jovan Weaver didn’t tell

More than a year after releasing the second season of Schooled, we learn that Jovan Weaver has been carrying a dark secr... Read more

17 Jul 2019

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S. 02 Ep. 01: You Shouldn’t Be Here

S. 02 Ep. 01: You Shouldn’t Be Here

As principal of Wister Elementary, Jovan Weaver knows well the trauma that many of his students experience. He grew up f... Read more

25 Apr 2018

37mins

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S. 02 Ep. 02: Battle lines

S. 02 Ep. 02: Battle lines

Becoming principal of Wister meant Jovan Weaver would be working under a microscope. The bitter debate that led to Wiste... Read more

25 Apr 2018

36mins

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S. 02 Ep. 03: No excuses

S. 02 Ep. 03: No excuses

Jovan tries to find a balance between the high expectations, “no excuses” culture for which Mastery Charter is known and... Read more

25 Apr 2018

35mins

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S. 02 Ep. 04: What we went through

S. 02 Ep. 04: What we went through

Wister’s 5th grade students see themselves reflected in a faculty that has adopted a civil rights mission. Bahir Hayes a... Read more

25 Apr 2018

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