New York state has the most segregated public schools in the nation, with many black and Latino students attending schools with virtually no white classmates,

Seeing Race, Class & Power Through Brooklyn Schools

The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 17, 2019

Mark Winston Griffith, the executive director of the Brooklyn movement Center, and journalist Max Freedman, co-producers and co-hosts of the podcast “School Colors,” talk about its examination of the way race, class and power shape American cities and schools through a deep-dive into those issues in Central Brooklyn and preview the next episode about how school choice has played out.

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