Electronics and Kids

“Now they’re spending more time on screens than any other activity other than sleep.” Dr. Victoria Dunckley, an integrative child psychiatrist, says that children are spending on average 5-8 hours a day in front of an electronic screen – TV, video […]

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Teaching Music in Public Schools through Rock and Roll

“When you look at the timeline, modern band’s time is now.” Bob Morrison runs Quadrant research, a firm that specializes in public policy research and advocacy for education. He says that the modern band approach is the next logical step […]

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Nellie Bly: A Mighty Muckracker

“I hope that the book inspires young people to know they can make a difference in the world with the power of words.” Elizabeth Jane Cochran is the real name of Nellie Bly who was a famed reporter back in […]

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Contemplating Fatherhood

“It made me understand to stop and listen and let other people be heard without necessarily knowing the answer.” It is Father’s Day on Sunday and KGNU’s Kenneth Flowe went out on the streets of Boulder and asked fathers how […]

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Earthquake in Nepal

“I think the country is filled with the gentlest and kindest people I’ve ever met in my life and that’s why the whole thing is so shocking and so harrowing when I heard about it because it just seemed unfair […]

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Child Abuse Prevention

Child advocates gathered at the state capitol on Tuesday/today to help the Governor officially kick off child abuse prevention month. As Bente Birkeland reports, this comes as lawmakers are discussing several changes to how the state protects children from abuse […]

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DotOrg: VoicesForChildrenCASA

Voices for Children CASA supplies court appointed special advocates for abused and neglected children. Executive director Nia Wassink talks to host Steve Miller about the program.      

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