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Mike Petrilli took to the airwaves today to discuss his new book, The Diverse Schools Dilemma: A Parent's Guide to Socioeconomically Mixed Public Schools, on Kansas City Public Radio. Joining host Jabulani Lefall and Dr. Lawson Bush, an education professor at California State University, Los Angeles, Mike explained his personal experience with school diversity—as a student and a parent—and the merits of socioeconomically mixed schools. Want more? Listen to Mike’s interview with Southern California Public Radio on the topic from Tuesday or, best of all, buy the book!
Listen to the Kansas City Public Radio interview below.
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Michael J. Petrilli
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Mike Petrilli is one of the nation's foremost education analysts. As executive vice president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, he oversees the organization's research projects and publications and contributes to the Flypaper blog and weekly Education Gadfly newsletter.
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