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    • 'All of us failed'

    Law enforcement comes clean on botched Wetterling investigation

    Hard Words

    What to do if your child's school isn't teaching reading right?

    In the fight over Kavanaugh, echoes of a battle being waged on college campuses nationwide

    Featured Documentaries

    APM Reports has produced more than 140 audio documentaries on topics such as health, history, education and justice.

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      Hard Words

      Why aren't kids being taught to read?

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      Old Idea, New Economy

      Rediscovering Apprenticeships

    • Mario Martinez
      Still Rising

      First-generation college students a decade later

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      Changing Class

      Are colleges helping Americans move up?

    • Hard to Read: How American Schools Fail Kids with Dyslexia
      Hard to Read

      How American schools fail kids with dyslexia

    • Keeping Teachers
      Keeping Teachers

      Black men and teachers in rural areas are in especially short supply

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    The Educate Podcast

    • Meghan Downey

      In the fight over Kavanaugh, echoes of a battle being waged on college campuses nationwide

      October 8
    • Teresa Williams graduation

      Poverty, perseverance and a PhD

      September 24
    • migrant_kids_maine

      School on the move

      August 13
    • Arizona red for ed protest.

      Edged out of the middle class, teachers are walking out

      July 30

    Recent Stories

    Meghan Downey

    In the fight over Kavanaugh, echoes of a battle being waged on college campuses nationwide

    by Alex Baumhardt

    Across the country, schools wrestle with how sexual assault is defined and how much proof is needed.

    Students in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

    What to do if your child's school isn't teaching reading right?

    by Emily Hanford

    After our recent examination of why American kids aren't being taught to read well, we received a ton of questions, mostly from parents. So we went to the experts to get answers.

     

    Why law enforcement didn't see that Danny Heinrich killed Jacob Wetterling

    by Curtis Gilbert and Parker Yesko

    A new Stearns County sheriff let loose a condemnation of the investigation, declaring that there were "20 things" law enforcement bungled. This is a brief analysis of some of the key flaws of the investigation by the journalists who produced the first season of In The Dark, a podcast that first revealed many of the failures two years ago.

    Jacob Wetterling soccer jersey

    Law enforcement comes clean on botched Wetterling investigation

    by Parker Yesko

    Two years after the first season of In The Dark revealed numerous mistakes by law enforcement investigating Wetterling's disappearance, the Stearns County sheriff provided harsh detail of his predecessors' failures and made public thousands of documents from the investigative file.

    Doug Evans, Clemmie Flemming

    Why don't prosecutors get disciplined?

    by Parker Yesko

    In most jurisdictions, district attorneys who break the rules are rarely held accountable.

    Downtown Winona, Mississippi

    Back to Winona

    Two months after the season ended, we return to Winona to see what has changed. Turns out, a lot. Curtis Flowers' mother has died. The whole town is talking about the case. Flowers' defense lawyers are including our findings in their legal filings to the Supreme Court. Citizens are trying to file bar complaints against the district attorney, Doug Evans. One man has gone into hiding, his personal safety threatened because he spoke to us.

    Teens Vaping

    Most states have done little to stop e-cigarette use among kids despite risk of nicotine addiction

    by Tom Scheck

    Only 13 states are spending to stop vaping among teens. Others blame lack of funding, despite billions from the tobacco settlement over the years. Meanwhile, the FDA has begun to move against makers and sellers.

     

    Why aren't kids being taught to read?

    by Emily Hanford

    Scientific research has shown how children learn to read and how they should be taught. But many educators don't know the science and, in some cases, actively resist it. As a result, millions of kids are being set up to fail.

     

    Rediscovering Apprenticeships

    by Sasha Aslanian

    You might think apprenticeships are a relic from an earlier era, but a growing number of Americans are using them as a way into the middle class. In South Carolina, apprenticeships are helping companies find skilled workers, and giving people an affordable path to a good career.

    Mario Martinez

    He bet that college would help him move up. Was it a good bet?

    by Emily Hanford

    At 19, Mario Martinez felt fortunate to have escaped his rough neighborhood and enrolled in a community college. But the odds that he would earn his degree and achieve the life he wanted were still against him.

    Katy Sorto

    She was a first-generation college student looking for a different life

    by Emily Hanford

    For Katy Sorto, college seemed like the way to a different life. But she had no idea how hard it would be.

    Patrick Hughes

    Are colleges helping Americans move up?

    by Sasha Aslanian and Emily Hanford

    Colleges have long offered a pathway to success for just about anyone. But new research shows that with the country growing ever more economically divided, colleges are not doing enough to help students from poor families achieve the American Dream.

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