This week we are highlighting an episode from Have You Heard, a podcast co-hosted by SSN member Jack Schneider and journalist Jennifer Berkshire. They spoke with Sally Nuamah about the long-term effects of school closures on communities, like declining voter turnout.

For more on this topic:

• Read Nuamah's paper, The paradox of educational attitudes: Racial differences in public opinion on school closure or check out her website.
• Find more episodes of Have You Heard online or wherever you get your podcasts

Further reading:

• How (and why) to build a better measure of school quality, Jack Schneider, College of the Holy Cross
• Standardized Ratings of Urban Public Schools Ignore Contributions to their Students and Communities, Keith Eric Benson, Camden City School District
• Does Public Education Improve When Urban Districts Manage A "Portfolio" of Schools? , Katrina Elizabeth Bulkey, Montclair State University