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On the latest episode of The Report Card, Nat Malkus speaks with Laura Meckler about her new book, Dream Town: Shaker Heights and the Quest for Racial Equity. Nat and Laura discuss integration, busing, and detracking; the Van Sweringen brothers; the limitations of good intentions; the internet's effect on journalism; the racial achievement gap; belonging; what it's like writing about your hometown; what history can teach us about education policy; and more.
Laura Meckler is a national education writer for The Washington Post.
Show Notes:
Dream Town: Shaker Heights and the Quest for Racial Equity
What happened when an Ohio school district rushed to integrate classrooms
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On the latest episode of The Report Card, Nat Malkus speaks with Laura Meckler about her new book, Dream Town: Shaker Heights and the Quest for Racial Equity. Nat and Laura discuss integration, busing, and detracking; the Van Sweringen brothers; the limitations of good intentions; the internet's effect on journalism; the racial achievement gap; belonging; what it's like writing about your hometown; what history can teach us about education policy; and more.
Laura Meckler is a national education writer for The Washington Post.
Show Notes:
Dream Town: Shaker Heights and the Quest for Racial Equity
What happened when an Ohio school district rushed to integrate classrooms

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