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How teens can land summer jobs
Guests: Sara Heller, Paul Harrington, and Chekemma Fulmore-Townsend Landing a summer job is tough for teenagers t ...
Air Date: June 16, 2015
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Frances Jensen’s “The Teenage Brain”
Guest: Frances Jensen Do you ever wonder why your teenager acts the way they do? That’s because their brains ar ...
Air Date: June 16, 2015
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For and against standardized tests: Two student perspectives
These two essays were written by students in Katherine Cohen’s 7th-grade English class at Greenberg Elementary in Northeast Philade ...
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Guests: James Serpell, Gail Melson, Megan Mueller If you’re a parent, chances are your son or daughter has aske ...
Air Date: June 4, 2015
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Jonathan Zimmerman’s “Too Hot To Handle: A Global History of Sex Education”
Guests: Jonathan Zimmerman and Julie Metzger In this hour of Radio Times, ...
Air Date: April 9, 2015
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Guests: Richard Weissbourd, Madeline Levine Did you do have to do chores when you were a child – mow the lawn, ...
Air Date: April 8, 2015
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Frank Bruni’s “Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania”
Guest: Frank Bruni Over the past few weeks, several high school seniors across the country have received acceptan ...
Air Date: April 1, 2015
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Ballot Talks: advice for the next mayor – education
Guests: William Wade, Kate Shaw, Shereda Cromwell, Christine Carlson On this week’s edition of Ballot Talks, we ...
Air Date: March 26, 2015
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The State of Women College Coaches
Guests: Nicole LaVoi, Karen Borbee, and Karen Weaver March Madness is in full swing and fans across the country a ...
Air Date: March 18, 2015
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Radio Times in Review: Lauren Sandler, Lenore Skenazy, and Christina Baker Kline
Guests: Lauren Sandler, Lenore Skenazy, and Christina Baker Kline Today on Radio Times in Review, we bring you ...
Air Date: March 13, 2015
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Guest: Ron Lieber Kids ask a lot of questions about money. Are we rich? How much money do you make? Why is our ho ...
Air Date: February 25, 2015
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How to opt your child out of the PSSAs
You may have heard the buzz around the growing “opt out” movement in Philadelphia and throughout the nation. In just one city ...
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One Book, One Philly Author Christina Baker Kline on “Orphan Train”
Guest: Christina Baker Kline In this hour of Radio Times, CHRIST ...
Air Date: February 19, 2015
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Azar Nafisi on the importance of reading literature
Guest: Azar Nafisi [From the Radio Times archive] In her new book, ...
Air Date: December 30, 2014
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