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The Best of Our Knowledge #1554 "Overturning Brown - The Segregationist History Of School Choice"

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Bob Barrett
Published July 2, 2020 at 2:00 AM EDT

26 states now have active school voucher programs, but are those programs benefiting all students?

Today on the Best of Our Knowledge, we’ll hear about the segregationist history of the school choice movement.

We’ll also learn about laboratory developed medical tests, and spend an Academic Minute with inequality everywhere.
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Bob Barrett
Bob has been a part of the WAMC family since 2001. He currently produces and hosts National Production's The Best Of Our Knowledge. Over the years, Bob has produced The Environment Show and The Health Show for National Productions and hosted weekend mornings on WAMC for a decade. In addition to producing TBOOK, he is currently a reporter and on air host at WUWF Public Radio at the University of West Florida in Pensacola.
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