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Interviews on global affairs and daily life
Monday thru Friday, 10 am to noon on WILL-AM 580
Interview Archives: K-12
Tuesday February 28, 2012, 11:06 AM
Fordson: Faith, Fasting, Football: A Documentary Film
Ash-har Quraishi, Emmy Award-Winning Television Journalist, Writer, Photographer and Filmmaker
Basma Babar-Quraishi, Award-Winning, long-form, documentary, and breaking news Producer
Host: David Inge
The documentary "Fordson: Faith, Fasting, Football," to be shown at 7 pm Monday at the Art Theater in Champaign, follows a predominantly Arab-American high school football team from a working-class Detroit suburb as they practice for their big cross-town rivalry game during Ramadan. David Inge talks to the filmmakers.
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Categories: Community • Education • K-12 • Family • Film/Movies • Sports • Students
Monday December 12, 2011, 10:06 AM
Current Issues in Education
Mary Kalantzis, Ph.D., Dean, College of Education, University of Illinos
Host: David Inge
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Wednesday March 31, 2010, 11:06 AM
Changes to No Child Left Behind and School Accountability
Lizanne DeStefano, Ph.D., Director, I-Stem Education Initiative
Host: David Inge
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Wednesday November 11, 2009, 11:06 AM
“The Truth, Tragedy, and Transformation of e-Waste,” the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center and Sustainable Electronics Initiative
Willie Cade, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, PC Rebuilders & Recyclers, Chicago
William C. Bullock, Ph.D., Professor of industrial Design and Director of the Product Interaction Research Laboratory and Design for Energy and Environment Laboratory, University of Illinois
Timothy Lindsey, Ph.D., Associate Director of the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center’s Technical Assistance Program, University of Illinois
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Business and Economy • Community • Education • K-12 • Technology • Computers
Tuesday September 22, 2009, 11:06 AM
How Do the Local Schools Measure Up?
Preston L.. Williams, Jr., Ed.D. , Superintendent, Urbana School District 116
Dorland Norris, District Deputy Superintendent, Curriculum Design, Educational Services and Equity, Champaign Unit 4 Schools
Host: Lee Ann Donner
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Friday November 24, 2006, 10:06 AM
WHY GENDER MATTERS: WHAT PARENTS AND TEACHERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE EMERGING SCIENCE OF SEX DIFFERENCES
Leonard Sax, M.D., Family Physician, Psychologist, and the Founder of the National Association for Single Sex Public Education
Host: David Inge
This is a repeat broadcast from Monday, August 28, 2006, 10 am
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Categories: Education • K-12 • Gender issues
Monday May 03, 2004, 11:06 AM
Kids Count and Voices for Illinois Children
Host: David Inge
Jerry Stermer, President, Voices for Illinois Children; and Brenda Koester, Mentor Coordinator, Champaign Unit #4 SchoolsPlay now:
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Categories: Children and Parenting • Education • K-12
Wednesday May 17, 1989, 11:06 AM
Learning by Heart: AIDS And School Children in America's Communities
David Kirp, Author
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Disease • AIDS • Education • K-12
