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The Struggle for School Integration

What Next | Daily News and Analysis

Slate

News, Daily News, News Commentary, Politics

4.62.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Parents in Howard County, Maryland, are pushing back against a school redistricting plan that would address overcrowding and a lack of diversity. Opponents say the changes will disrupt communities and strap kids with longer commutes. They say it’s not fair for their families and their kids. How are educators supposed to make the case that something that upsets individuals is better for the public good? Guest: Joshua Starr, CEO of PDK International Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

May 2023 Spanish Paper 1

0:05.2

When each question is about to start, students will hear a beep.

0:09.6

For some, this will be all they hear, as panic sets in.

0:15.6

So tonight, when you sit down together, before you ask about La Historia or La Musica,

0:22.2

ask them how they're doing. A proper chat can ease exam stress.

0:27.4

Britain get talking. ITV.

0:30.6

Hey everyone, it's Mary. Quick heads up here at the top.

0:34.4

This impeachment story, it is moving super fast.

0:38.7

By the time we record a show for you, a new document is being released or

0:42.4

someone's about to testify on Capitol Hill. We want to give you

0:46.2

the big picture on all this. But we also want to tell you about things that are

0:51.5

not happening in Washington. So for the next couple of days, that's what we're

0:56.0

going to do. It doesn't mean we're going to be ignoring what the House of

0:59.6

Representatives is up to though. So let us know what questions you have

1:04.0

as you watch all this play out. Is there someone you really want to hear from?

1:09.1

Is there a story we're ignoring? Shoot me a tweet. Let me know. I'm at Mary's desk.

1:19.3

For the last month, the school board in Howard County, Maryland,

1:23.0

just outside Washington, DC, has been inundated with these letters,

1:27.9

hundreds of letters. Some of them are neatly typed and contain graphs and charts.

1:33.4

Some are handwritten, like the one from a fourth grader, from Trial Delphier Ridge Elementary School.

1:38.7

Almost all of them say the same thing. In the words of the fourth grader, please, please, please, please,

1:44.8

please, please, please, don't change our high school. There are four E's in the last please.

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