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Not So Black and White: A community's divided history

Choiced-out in Florida: how decisions on education affect communities (Part 1)

By Lynn Hatter
Published October 4, 2022 at 8:00 AM EDT
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A report released earlier this year found Leon County Schools are the most segregated they've been since 1994. The study also found students who attend school here in Leon County are in one of the most highly-segregated school districts in the state. So what's happening? And how did a majority-white county end up with a majority-minority school district?

Find out more about this podcast episode by visiting the Not So Black and White podcast website.

Not So Black and White: A community's divided history
Lynn Hatter
<a href="https://twitter.com/HatterLynn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" class="twitter-follow-button" data-show-count="false">Follow @HatterLynn</a><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <br/><br/> Lynn Hatter is a&nbsp;Florida A&amp;M University and Florida State University graduate with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a master's in Professional Communication. Lynn has been with WFSU since 2007 with education and health care issues as her key coverage areas.&nbsp; She has worked with several organizations, including Kaiser Health News.&nbsp; Lynn has also partnered with USC-Annenberg's Center for Child Wellbeing on the nationally acclaimed series "Committed," which explored the prevalence of involuntary commitment use on children. <br/>She serves on the board of RTDNA and the United Way of the Big Bend, with previous service on the board of the First Amendment Foundation of Florida. <br/><br/> Find <a href="https://news.wfsu.org/people/lynn-hatter">complete bio, contact info, and more stories</a> here.
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