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School Colors is a documentary podcast series about race, class, and power in American cities - told through the story of one public school district in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.
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Live from Queens, Part 2: Q&A
This is the second of two bonus episodes recorded live at the Queens Public Library on December 15, 2022. After interviewing New York City S...
Live from Queens, Part 1: The Chancellor
This is the first of two bonus episodes recorded live at the Queens Public Library on December 15, 2022. Mark and Max interviewed New York C...
S2 E9: Water Under the Bridge
Over the course of this season, we've explored a rich history and complicated present — but what about the future? In this episode, we catch...
S2 Bonus: Ms. Mitchell's Pandemic Diary
"I know this work can take you under if you let it, so I try not to let it take me." Pat Mitchell is the beloved longtime principal of P.S....
S2 E8: The Only Way Out
In 2018, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a plan to replace the Specialized High School Admissions Test, or SHSAT. For years, ad...
S2 E7: The Sleeping Giant
In some ways, this entire season was prompted by the parents who organized against diversity planning in District 28. So in this episode, we...
S2 E6: Below Liberty
Queens has changed a lot in the last few decades — and so has District 28. New immigrant communities have taken root and the district is, on...
S2 E5: The Melting Pot
Until recently, District 28 was characterized by a white Northside, and a Black Southside. For more than a hundred years, we've seen how con...
S2 E4: The Mason-Dixon Line
So much of the present day conversation about District 28 hinges on the dynamic between the Northside and the Southside. But why were the no...
S2 E3: The Battle of Forest Hills
In the early 1970s, Forest Hills, Queens, became a national symbol of white, middle class resistance to integration. Instead of public schoo...
S2 E2: Tales from the Southside
District 28 is both diverse and segregated. There’s a Northside and a Southside. To put it simply: the Southside is Black, and the further n...
S2 E1: "There Is No Plan"
Queens, New York is often called “the most diverse place on the planet.” So why would a school district in Queens need a diversity plan? And...
Season 2 Trailer
School Colors is back! Season 2 premieres this week, presented by NPR's Code Switch. To listen, hop over to the Code Switch feed. In Season...
S1 Bonus: School Colors, Behind the Scenes
Every month on the Third Rail podcast, Brooklyn Deep deconstructs hot topics and social justice issues that impact the lives of Central Broo...
S1 Bonus: A Night at the Library
In this bonus episode, recorded live at the Brooklyn Public Library, producers Mark Winston Griffith and Max Freedman talk with Christina Ve...
S1 E8: On the Move
Despite New York City's progressive self-image, our dirty secret is that we have one of the most deeply segregated school systems in the cou...
S1 E7: New Kids on the Block
Gentrification is reshaping cities all over the country: more affluent people, often but not always white, are moving into historically Blac...
S1 E6: Mo' Charters Mo' Problems
If you ask most people in Bed-Stuy’s District 16 why they think enrollment is falling, chances are they’ll point to charter schools: private...
S1 E5: The Disappearing District
Since 2002, the number of students in Bed-Stuy’s District 16 has dropped by more than half. There’s no single reason why this is happening,...