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Declining but not dead: desegregation in St. Louis May 01, 2016

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Despite the decades-long fight for school desegregation, America is, for the most part, still sending its white and black children to separate schools. Here in St. Louis, this angst over school segregation and integration never really went away.In fact, St. Louis is home to the longest running formal desegregation program in the country.In the latest podcast, we take you through its past, present, and experts' best guess for the future.

Suspended Futures - Digging into early grade suspensions Apr 18, 2016

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We Live Here investigates school suspensions in the early grades. We dig into state discipline data and find: In Missouri, when white kids in K-3 act out, they’re kicked out of class. But the black kids get kicked out of school. We also take a look at what other cities and states are doing about suspensions

Race, class and the burden of proof Apr 04, 2016

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We start Season 2 of We Live Here by exploring a concept we're calling "burden of proof." And we ask why is it that race and class have such a huge impact on who gets believed in society. We explore this through the narrative of St. Louis lawyer Thomas Harvey, who confronted his own difficulties believing poor people and black people.

We Live Here: Happy Holidays! Let's talk about race and religion Dec 20, 2015

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It’s the holiday season, and like many of you, we’re taking stock. Taking stock of what we accomplished with this We Live Here project; the stories and...

We Live Here: Treating gun violence as public health issue — easier said than done Dec 06, 2015

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The nationwide debate about gun control, mass shootings, and violent crime was once again jump-started in the wake of recent massacres at a county...

We Live Here: Why wasn't race a priority before things unraveled at Mizzou? Nov 23, 2015

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This week’s show started with a simple question we could not get out of our heads as we followed the recent shakeups at Mizzou. We’re referring to, of...

We Live Here: Surviving school suspensions Nov 09, 2015

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There is this term that gets thrown around in education circles that we felt needs some exploring. School to prison pipeline. It sounds like schools...

We Live Here: St. Louis educators share their stories of tackling race, bias and discipline Oct 21, 2015

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Racial disparities are a huge topic in education. And Missouri schools — specifically those in the St. Louis area — have been singled out as having some...

We Live Here: Funding Missouri's public schools comes down to one not-so-simple formula Oct 05, 2015

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The arcane world of school finance in Missouri can be harder to understand than the most obscure poem or the most difficult calculus problem. But clear...

We Live Here: Race relations didn't keep me away from St. Louis; they brought me here Sep 21, 2015

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This is Kameel Stanley's inaugural article for St. Louis Public Radio's We Live Here project. We asked her to introduce herself. Here is what she wrote:...

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