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Laura Meckler

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National education writer @washingtonpost. DREAM TOWN: Shaker Heights and the Quest for Racial Equity available for https://t.co/jfljlZN47S

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As mass shootings continue at their relentless pace, criminal and civil accountability is extending beyond the shooters to parents, gun dealers and now in Va., a school administrator. w/Hannah Natanson justin jouvenal washingtonpost.com/education/2024…

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I'm looking forward to this book talk next week at NYU's Institute for Public Knowledge, and not just because the conversation will include high school friend Renee Romano, a distinguished historian. Join us! ipk.nyu.edu/events/book-ta…

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NEW: The Biden administration is preparing to finalize sweeping rules in coming weeks governing how sex discrimination is addressed in schools, including new protections for transgender students. But officials plan to put off a companion reg on sports washingtonpost.com/education/2024…

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When owners care more about the name of a publication than the actual publication itself. An illuminating, disturbing story from Ben Strauss: As Sports Illustrated sputters, its owners throw a party for ‘the brand’ wapo.st/3T9JKhH

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Following Supreme Court action last week, schools that want to diversify their top academic programs have something of a road map: Taking race into account is verboten, but consideration of neighborhood, socioeconomics and other factors might be all right. washingtonpost.com/education/2024…

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An excellent look at the plan stirring pushback that would combine two elementary schools on Capitol Hill and diversify them both via Lauren Lumpkin. Maury and Miner are within walking distance; could they form one community? wapo.st/3OIWnhe

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Devastating cuts at my former professional home. Some of the best journalists I’ve ever worked with were laid off from The Wall Street Journal DC bureau, and if there’s a good reason for it, I haven’t seen it. I’m rooting for every one of them.

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Congratulations on an outstanding run. You will be missed by many, @wpnick, including our readers and including me.

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