Education

The Old Mole Variety Hour for May 25, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 05/25/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Frann Michel this Memorial Day episode of the Old Mole much of which deals with issues of war and militarization. To hear the whole show, use the play button. To hear individual pieces follow the links below. You can like us on Facebook to keep up with the Mole's work. You... Read more

School Militarization in Portland

Airs at: Mon, 05/25/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Frann Michel shares Sylvia McGauley's reflections in Rethinking Schools on school militarization through JROTC at Reynolds High School, with information on opting out and counter recruitment. http://kboo.fm/rethinkingtheschooltomilitarypipeline Read more

School Militarization in Portland

Airs at: Mon, 05/25/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Resisting Corporate School Reform

Airs at: Mon, 05/25/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick interviews Jesse Hagopian, a leader in the resistance to corporate school "reform" including high stakes testing, privatization, and rote curriculums for the popular classes. The financial and corporate elites pushing school "reform" would never dream of sendin... Read more

Rethinking the school-to-military pipeline

A version of this is part of the Old Mole Variety Hour for 25 May 2015 Today is Memorial Day, so we're talking about memory, and the military, as well as about education and labor. All of those institutions arose in their modern disciplinary forms in the 18th century, alon... Read more

How to Lose Your Virginity?

Airs at: Mon, 05/11/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Bread and Roses

This is a Bread and Roses web exclusive. Delphine Criscenzo speaks with Therese Shechter, the producer of the new documentary “How to Lose Your Virginity? What if all we had to lose were our virginity myths?” A local organization, A Fourth Act is bringing the film to Portla... Read more

Progressive Spirit

Produced for: Progressive Spirit

Progressive Spirit talks intelligently about spirituality and social justice. Listen to interviews with top scholars, authors, social justice activists, and spiritual leaders from around the world. Download or subscribe via iTunes! Read more

Deaf Activists Fight Government Interference in India

Airs at: Thu, 04/30/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Evening News

In the nation of India, deaf activists are organizing to challenge the discrimination they face. In March, a deaf teenager was raped and killed, and just this week, a deaf child was badly beaten by a teacher in India for failing to understand an assignment. KBOO’s Sarika Me... Read more

Portland Public School Board Ballots are Due May 19th

KBOO reporters Don Merrill and Joe Meyer teamed up to interview all eleven Portland School Board candidates. The goals of this project were two: To have a great process and to provide an audio resource for voters with 2 minutes to 10 hours of candidate research time. The ... Read more

Jim Fullan Interview

Airs at: Sat, 03/07/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Between Us

Jim Fullan is the Vice President of Marketing, Communications and Sales for the Oregon Symphony Orchestra. This is the third year he has helped the OSO promote music geared to lovers of hard rock classics as well as video game enthusiasts (and gamer composers) who not only... Read more