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…
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…
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
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…
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
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.