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There is a great two-part story from This American Life [1] about this type of thing - it's a problem much bigger than Newark. [1] http://www.thisamericanlife.

• ttcbj 11y ago
  I agree the This American Life stories were pretty good. They were based on a pro-publica story which has background statistics that make the picture more interesting: http://www.propublica.org/article/ferguson-school-segregation http://www.propublica.org/article/ferguson-school-segregatio... There was also recently this long article in the Tampa Bay times that I found at least as insightful, and with more perspective: http://www.tampabay.com/projects/2015/investigations/pinellas-failure-factories/5-schools-segregation/ http://www.tampabay.com/projects/2015/investigations/pinella... My concerns with this coverage is that they oversimplify the problems in their desire to find a solution (especially TAL). I'd also recommend the book 'Our Kids': http://www.amazon.com/Our-Kids-American-Dream-Crisis/dp/1476769893/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1440620683&sr=8-1&keywords=Our+Kids http://www.amazon.com/Our-Kids-American-Dream-Crisis/dp/1476... Which is far more comprehensive but spectacularly depressing.