Struggling School, Or Sanctuary?

Code Switch

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 14.9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2016

⏱️ 41 minutes

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When a school shuts down, students often lose more than a place of learning; they lose friends, mentors and a community. This is an experience that disproportionately affects black students. Shereen Marisol Meraji looks at what it's like when a predominantly black suburb outside Pittsburgh loses its only public high school. Shereen's reporting, along with that of producer Chris Benderev, was originally produced for the NPR podcast Embedded.

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