This week we are highlighting an episode from Have You Heard, a podcast co-hosted by SSN member Jack Schneider and journalist Jennifer Berkshire. They spoke with Sally Nuamah about the long-term effects of school closures on communities, like declining voter turnout. For more on this topic: Read Nuamah’s paper, The paradox of educational attitudes: Racial differences in public opinion on school closure or check out her website. Find more episodes of Have You Heard online or wherever you get your podcasts Further reading: How (and why) to build a better measure of school quality, Jack Schneider, College of the Holy Cross Standardized Ratings of Urban Public Schools Ignore Contributions to their Students and Communities, Keith Eric Benson, Camden City School District Does Public Education Improve When Urban Districts Manage A “Portfolio” of Schools? , Katrina Elizabeth Bulkey, Montclair State University