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Schools are a hot topic throughout the nation as resources for schools dwindle, and conversations around standardized testing continue. Today we talk about cultural competency in schools.

According to a 2012, 50-state report of the Schott Foundation for Public Education, 74% of Caucasian males graduate high school in our state today. In contrast, [...]

Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba / Jama Ko / Outhere
Yasmine Hamdan / Ya Nass / Kwaidan
Bonobo / The North Borders / Ninja Tune
Redtenbacher’s Funkestra / The Cooker / Wooden Hat
Shannon McNally / Small Town Talk / Sacred Sumac
David Francey / So Say We All / Red House
Joyce / Tudo / Far Out
Letherette / Letherette / Ninja Tune
The Milk Carton Kids / The Ash & Clay / Anti
Cécile McLorin Salvant / WomanChild / Mack Avenue

Images of Labor and Social Justice: The Art of Richard V. Correll

The annual NW Folklife Festival celebrates music, arts and culture every Memorial Day weekend. Each year, the Festival features a cultural focus and this year’s theme is a look at labor culture in our region. Today on Music+Ideas, we discuss the culture around labor and the ever-active and ever-changing labor movements in Washington with three [...]

Host Sonya Green interviews LeRoy Bell on Music + Ideas. LeRoy is known for his music throughout the world, but calls Seattle home.

Warning: you may start snapping along as LeRoy performs, you may laugh at Sonya because she’s so excited to meet LeRoy and you may go buy his latest release “Rock ‘N Soul”.

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