Missing Voices: Part 3 – Trials and Triumphs
“Having a newspaper allows students to let their voices be heard and change negative factors around our school into positive ones.”
In the summer of 2022, Press Pass NYC launched a fellowship for aspiring high school student journalists. A cohort of students from around NYC began their journeys in a summer bootcamp, where they learned the basics of journalistic writing and reporting.
“It brings like a huge responsibility, knowing that you're going to take all this information and bring it back to the school,” said Ashley Conde Lopez, reporter for The Writer’s Weekly at the Academy for Young Writers in Brooklyn.
The Writer’s Weekly staff at Academy for Young Writers published their first stories in January.
Our team followed these Press Pass Fellows from bootcamp through the school year to see the results of their training and preparation. Three schools are featured here: The Institute for Health Professions at Cambria Heights; The Academy for Young Writers; and Health, Education and Research Occupations (H.E.R.O.) High School. Can these three schools overcome the obstacles of an unequal education system to create successful student newspapers? Tune in to find out.
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The Missing Voices series was reported by Wesley Almanzar, Jadelyn Camey, Fredlove Deshommes, Edward Mui and Jayden Williams. Editing and production support from Sabrina DuQuesnay, Mira Gordon, Abē Levine and Taylor McGraw.
Scoring and sound mixing from Peter Leonard. Music from Blue Dot Sessions.
Made possible with support from the Education Writers Association and the Pinkerton Foundation.
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Moro: as a journalist, I need to remain loyal to my audience, I need to remain truthful, I need to provide the service, I need to like be about to connect my audience
Ashley: the boot camp was a, a big experience, and also like bring a huge responsibility. Knowing that you're going to have to take all this information and bring it back to the school. Like that, they could start growing the newspaper club.
Edward: Moro and Ashley — the voices you just heard — are student journalists at high schools launching newspapers for the first time. We met them last summer at a weeklong “student editor boot camp” organized by Press Pass NYC. They were bright-eyed. Optimistic.
Edward: The high schools they attend are under-resourced compared to schools like Townsend Harris. They’re small schools, mostly Black and brown, mostly low-income. In schools like these, building a successful journalism program is an uphill battle. But, it’s an important one.
Edward: Black and brown students growing up in New York City are far less likely than their white and Asian peers to have access to journalism. That means they’re less likely to have platforms where their voices can be heard. And it means they’re less likely to gain the skills and confidence to become the writers and editors of tomorrow.
Edward: But If the Press Pass model is successful, if Moro, Ashley, students can create newspaper programs in schools that usually get overlooked — Well, those trends … might start to reverse.
Edward: From the Miseducation Podcast, you’re listening to Missing Voices, our four-part series on the youth journalism gap in New York City, and why it should concern us all. I’m your host Edward Mui. This is Part 3: Trials and Triumphs.
Edward: At the schools we’re visiting today, journalism is a club that’s led by newly trained editors like Moro and Ashley along with a teacher who’s stepped up to take on the extra responsibility. Our question: Is that enough to build a successful student newspaper in an unequal school system?
Edward: To find out, we’re headed to three different high schools, in three different boroughs. First up, here’s Jayden.
Jayden: Hey! Jayden again… I’m in Queens at Moro’s school: the Institute for Health Professions at Cambria Heights, or IHPCH. You remember Moro, from the summer boot camp…
Moro: This was actually the first time that I realized that news comes from the word new. Because news is new. So I never made that connection until that week of the Boot Camp in that. Oh, my God. Really? Wow. That's such like. That was amazing. When I figured that out I'm like oh really! That was obvious. But, you know.
Jayden: What you just heard was a snippet from our first conversation on Zoom, this past December.
Jayden: Even when we met on Zoom, I could feel her excitement and enthusiasm rubbing off on me. You can’t help but smile while talking to her.
Jayden: Similar to Pace, IHPCH (the Institute for Health Professions at Cambria Heights) shares a building with 3 other schools. 70% of students are Black. less than 1% are white. And in the school where you’d think students are trying to become nurses and doctors, some students are actually becoming journalists.
Jayden: It’s February and a sunny Friday afternoon. Miseducation producer Sabrina and I join the journalism club’s weekly meeting. There, the club members, each with their own respective roles, are working on the school newspaper: the IHPCH Voices. English teacher and club advisor Jacqueline Goods is giving a lesson on how to write a 5W lede.
Ms. Goods: So maybe that's the who, what, where, and when. on January, blah, blah, blah, blah. I don't know who the students were that were involved, but two students were, were shot outside of our school across the street from a block. Blah blah blah This causes us to wonder, is our school safe? And then you go into talking about what you found, what people said, you see? So you would follow this. Yes.
Jayden: Violence in and around schools is unfortunately on the rise, a big concern for teens these days. Alicia is working on a story about whether students feel safe at school.
Alicia London: And what I've noticed is that the 10th grader who has a more personal connection with officers, they feel more safer in the school than the 10th grader who doesn't really have a connection with the security guard officers in the school. I feel like it's all about maybe the connections you have with people like it, like you know, that people have your back.
Jayden: There are nine students in the club — all young women of color.
Moro: Most of the journalism members are my friends, I kind of roped them into coming, So I had to do a little persuading. By then actually like But then actually after they'd been in the club they actually liked it.
Jayden: Since attending the Press Pass Boot Camp, Moro has embraced her role as the senior editor of the IHPCH Voices. Her passion is contagious.
Moro: everywhere you look, there's a story to write. You can find a story from anything. I feel like I want to write stories that when people read that story, they'll captivate them.
Jayden: Carmen is one of her peers who joined this year.
Carmen Damour: I was nervous to join at first because I felt like it was going to be a lot of work and stuff.
Jayden: She’s gotten over it.
Carmen Damour: Okay. I'm a staff writer and I also update sports. So I'm working on an Alzheimer's story, and also, before my first story was children's mental health and how, like, school's impacting their mental health. So I went around with like a few of my, um, other staff crew and we interviewed people.
Carmen Damour: And yeah it was fun. I feel like I've got closer to my classmates and stuff. I mean, like, really great friends and I'm learning a lot
Jayden: As of late May, The IHPCH Voices has published close to 20 articles on topics impacting students – Including marijuana usage, and rising Snapple prices at the school store.
Jayden: I’m always impressed by how their stories address real issues that are present within their school. The IHPCH Voices underscores one of, if not the most important aspect of student newspapers: uplifting student voices and spreading awareness within your school community.
Jayden: Like we’ve seen at other student news outlets, the advisor plays an important role. But in this case, Ms. Goods’ background is particularly significant.
Ms. Goods: My undergrad is actually in journalism, so I've always have been attached to journalism in some way.
Jayden: After graduating from college, her plan was to start working in the field.
Ms. Goods: I attempted, but I'm from Nebraska. And as you can see, I am a woman of color. And I also had locks at the time. And so that wasn't very popular in Nebraska. So I kept running into dead ends and so it just wasn't possible.
Jayden: A harsh truth that the industry isn’t always welcoming to people who look like her.
Ms. Goods: All of my journalists are young ladies of color. I wanted them to have the opportunity that I didn't. I wanted them to be able to experience the love that I have for journalism, but not feel like there was a block like I wanted them to be able to enjoy it, to have it as an opportunity.
Jayden: She actually started the journalism club back in 2015. The IHPCH Voices began as a video broadcast.
Ms. Goods: And so the students from 2015 ish on, through the pandemic even, we were doing broadcasts. So we literally we have virtual sets like it was a really big deal. We have green screens, it was huge. And so that's how our YouTube channel came about, because all of our videos, we would create them using iMovie and we would put them on, on YouTube. And people watched. the students were watching, the staff were watching. But then the pandemic happened and, you know, people went through stuff.
Jayden: They did manage to put out a few episodes remotely. Students did stories on everything from the Trump impeachment to… relationship advice.
Broadcaster 1: On a much lighter note, 2021 has also become the year of creating new moments and getting rid of old baggage.
Broadcaster 2: Some baggage consisted of old clothes and shoes, or expired food items. But there’s no baggage like old friendships and relationships that need to end.
Jayden: Then, in 2022, Ms. Goods found Lara Bergen and Press Pass NYC… Or was it the other way around?
Ms. Goods: I don't know how that happened. I don't know if she reached out to me or if I reached out to her. But it was like once we connected, that was it. It was. Lara has been an amazing resource. Oh, my goodness. Because all of this is because of her. Yes.
Jayden: Ms. Goods took Baruch professor Geanne Belton’s course on how to start a school newspaper and then…
Ms. Goods: Literally after that connection, Lara met with me. She gave me ideas for resources. Bob is because of Lara.
Jayden: Bob is a journalist at The New York Times who volunteers to give students feedback on their writing.
Ms. Goods: And our website is because of the Baruch experience. So this has just been I've actually… this is…what's happening this year is what I've always wanted for this club. And so this has just been amazing. It's been an amazing experience.
Jayden: At IHPCH, it looks like Lara Bergen’s hypothesis of how small schools can build journalism programs… is coming true. Find a teacher like Ms. Goods, who’s eager to put in the work... And an enthusiastic student leader like Moro who can recruit peers… Give them some training and support, and voila! Newspaper.
Jayden: Well of course, it also takes a lot of grit, vision, and commitment. And students there are doing the work. The IHPCH Voices truly lives up to its slogan, “Making our voices heard.”
Jayden: Now, they’re not at the level of Townsend Harris. But for an after-school club that meets just once a week. What they’ve accomplished is impressive, Impressive, get it?
Edward: That was Jayden Williams reporting from the Institute for Health Professions at Cambria Heights. If it doesn’t work out for him in podcasting, he might as well start his own punny press. OK so, I gotta say, if we’re keeping score here: Press Pass NYC – 1. Unequal school system – 0. But we have two more schools to visit.
Edward: After this quick break, Fredlove takes us to Brooklyn.
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Ashley: And also like, brings like a huge responsibility. Knowing that you're going to take all this information and bring it back to the school, they could start like growing the newspaper club.
Fredlove: Remember Ashley from the Press Pass Summer Bootcamp?
Fredlove: She attends the Academy for Young Writers in Brooklyn’s East New York neighborhood. Near JFK airport. Total enrollment: 374.
Fredlove: The energy of the school is vibrant. So are the walls — decorated with uplifting murals portraying students of color thriving. Despite “Young Writers” being in the name of the school, this is the first full year that it’s had a journalism club.
Speaker 1: We march and march and storm throughout the halls of our school.
Fredlove: It’s February, and they’re working on a mission statement for their recently launched news site, the Writers Weekly.
Speaker 2: throughout the halls of our school, which you guys technically do when you guys get the interviews.
Speaker 4: Using mediums like satire articles and personal statements.
Fredlove: After about 15 minutes, they’ve got the statement just right.
Ms. Jayson: So we have our mission, is to ensure that everyone's voices are heard. We march and march and storm throughout the halls of our school, using mediums like satire articles and personal stories. We work with the community for the Community.
Speaker 5: I like that!
Ms. Jayson: You guys did a good job. All right!
Fredlove: That’s Shakana Jayson. She’s a chemistry teacher and journalism club advisor. The club meets in her room during lunch, which is why she keeps extra snacks around… that she buys herself.
Shakana: It just, it just comes from my heart.
Fredlove: You're really holding it down!
Shakana: Because I feel bad! They're meeting during their lunch, you know, and then it's like, it's only fair that I get them snacks. I try to, you know, like, not go extravagant, Like I try to buy the things that come in bulk, the variety packs and things like that. But unfortunately, our school doesn't have money to give to clubs. We did once upon a time, but our budget went down and now, like every little thing is just like, Oh, sorry, we can't, we can't afford that. We can't afford this. So I don't even bother asking them. I just like to go out and get my own stuff.
Fredlove: She first pitched the idea of a school newspaper to her chemistry students in Spring 2022. It was an easy sell. A lot of them had chosen the school, in part because they liked to write.
Ezra: I am a writer and I was a writer before this club. I use I usually do poetry and like short stuff like that.
Fredlove: This is Ezra.
Ezra: when I knew that there was going to be a journalism club, I was kind of excited because the way news is portrayed outside of this club, it's formatted to instill fear. Whenever I open any newspaper or turn on the news, it's always something negative. And even if it isn’t negative they try. They find a way to spin it, to be negative. So I just try not to have that energy.
Fredlove: So far, they’ve kept things relaxed. No traditional newsroom hierarchy, and they like it that way. Here’s Ashley again.
Ashley: We all do, Like just any role, any role we want to. Like, we could work on our own article just by ourselves, Like we could do the interview, We can take the pictures, we can edit it, we can like do anything to it, only if sometimes we want to help each other out. We were like, you know, edited theirs, like, you know, see them to do that, give them advice.
Unknown speaker: We’re just all flexible and adapt
Fredlove: Ashley’s first published story in January was about the sorry state of her school bathrooms. Here’s the lede: “In the bathrooms at Academy for Young Writers, many students use scrunchies to close the doors. Students even bring their own hand sanitizer because of the lack of soap and paper towels.”
Fredlove: Once the first few articles went up, Ms. Jayson sent an email to all the teachers and staff telling them to check out the Writers Weekly website.
Ashley: The administrators got… umm, heard of that.
Ashley: And they didn't really- I'm not going to say they didn't like it because they did like the stories, but they have their oh, they have like their own personal opinions about the articles.
Fredlove: They had some issues with Ashley’s story in particular.
Ashley: I put the perspectives of teachers and students only, but they didn't like how I didn't put the perspective of like the opinions of the custodians or the administrators themselves.
Fredlove: Ms. Jayson acknowledged this misstep.
Ms. Jayson: So I can understand that they just want to make sure that the articles show a like a fair, well-balanced view on things. We all agree, like, yes, that's the kind of journalism that we want to do at this school. We don't want to just show just one side of the story. We want to show the whole picture.
Ms. Jayson: I don't have a journalism background myself. So, I kind of learned the ins and outs of like how to write an article and how to write a lede. And like teaching myself that before I teach it to them was difficult because it's not like this is the only thing I'm doing. I also have a full teaching load, I have things to grade, I'm in grad school, so balancing everything all at once was a little difficult and then kind of Getting administration support was also one of the difficult parts because I think initially starting this club, no one really took us seriously. No one knew we had a journalism club for a good half of the school year.
Fredlove: Ms. Jayson invited the administrators to come and talk with the students, to see their work in action.
Ms. Shakana: Everyone left the meeting feeling more confident, like the administration was like, okay, you guys do have a team of editors on staff. And, you know, we do feel like you guys will represent our school well and we want you to continue writing what you're writing because they did also congratulate them on their other articles because they said some of the other ones were really well written.
Ashley: All the staff, had a meeting plan with the administrators, and we had the charter where we had our, like our policies, like what we do, our mission, what we publish and publish was like, they can't tell us what to write, they can't tell us or whether we publish it or not. They can’t read it until it’s out/
Fredlove: The Writers Weekly agreed to, quote: “represent a balanced and diverse perspective on all matters.” In return: “The Writers Weekly will remain free of any influence or pressure from school administrators including prior review and censorship to ensure that student journalists are able to fully exercise their constitutional rights to freedom of expression as outlined in the First Amendment.”
Fredlove: The idea for a charter like this actually came from the high school that Ms. Jayson went to.
Ms. Jayson: So I was always so used to doing well in my classes. Then I went to Townsend, which was like a culture shock because everyone there is a little genius. So yeah.
Sabrina: Sorry, Miss Shakana. Where did you go to high school again?
Ms. Jayson: I went to Townsend. Harris.
Fredlove: Yes, that Townsend Harris.
Ms. Jayson: So it was very competitive like the environment was very competitive. And I remember I was just always trying to like, keep up with everything. But I did develop skills at Townsend Harriss that I still use to this day. Just like my overall like being consistent, committed to something, just following things through, just having high standards for myself. Are things that Townsend Harris really instilled in me and that I still have to this day.
Fredlove: But she never joined The Classic.
Ms. Jayson: I really, really wanted to. I just didn't feel like I was that because I was that good of a writer to be part of the school newspaper because the classic was like this amazing big deal at our school.
Ms. Jayson: But I was like, you know, maybe I'm not that good enough. And so I never really went for it. I regret it to this day. And that's why when I had this opportunity to start a journalism club at our school, I was like, I'm going for it, and I'm going to make sure that it's open to all students no matter what their writing level is so that they get like to be a part of something like this. Yeah.
Fredlove: And she’s doing it. But there are challenges at the Writer’s Weekly — and at the school more broadly — that have made things difficult.
Fredlove: I observed one example. Ms. Jayson was going around the room checking in on the students’ latest story assignments.
Ezra: I need to figure out the interviewing portion because our phones are not allowed to be out. So I need to figure out how to record that.
Fredlove: That’s Ezra again. The school has a strict no-cell phone policy.
Ms. Jayson: Yes I didn’t think about the fact that you guys don't have your phones. If you need to record, you could always use my phone.
Fredlove: An even bigger issue? Recently, there have been incidents of violence in the surrounding community.
Ms. Shakana: I feel like the students are so desensitized at this point because it's just one incident after another, after another after another. And they're pretty violent. They witnessed one of the people trying to break up the fight get like pepper sprayed. There needs to be a bigger way to address this.
Ms. Shakana: I would love for the students to use the writers weekly as an outlet to express their feelings and concerns around this.
Ashley: I was thinking of actually transferring like, a long time ago. I told the advisor of the Writers Weekly. She was like No, we need you. And I was like, Yeah, I know, I want to stay too. It's like, there's so much going on. Like, it's not safe for me because I feel it's going to impact my education
Fredlove: For now though, Ashley’s planning on coming back in the fall. When she does, she’ll have a position waiting for her.
Ms. Shakana: And then now we actually have Joanne and Ashley who are going to be kind of our editors-in-chief going into the new school year
Fredlove: I’m excited to see where these roles take them.
Fredlove: Although keeping things chill has been their default mode, having a hierarchy could push Ashley and the other Young Writers to take the Weekly to the next level.
Edward: That was Fredlove at the Academy for Young Writers.
Edward: So, how to score this one? It’s tough. As you heard, things haven’t been easy. As of late May, the Writers Weekly has published just four stories this school year, all in January. Press Pass – half a point. Unequal school system – half a point.
Edward: We have one more school to visit. Here’s Wesley.
Wesley: It’s 4:30 pm on a Tuesday afternoon in March at Health, Education, and Research Occupations High School – HERO for short.
Wesley: Wow. These stairs are ethereal. Geez! Like, I feel like I'm in. What's that one movie that, like, they went to the closet? Narnia.
Wesley: Wow. All these paintings on the wall and, like, these posters. Wow. So. I feel so hopeful. I don't have this at my school.
Wesley: I’m here to visit HERO’s after-school newspaper club. Five students are sitting at the front of the classroom. Upside-down chairs rest atop the rows of desks behind them.
Amanda: Um and sometimes it will, but most of time it's one or the other and sometimes the why or the how can it fit into that first sentence and it needs to go in the second one. Does anyone have any questions about this? I feel like I'm going kind of fast.
Wesley: Amanda Salazar, a journalism grad student from CUNY, is leading a workshop on the basics of reporting.
Amanda: You guys are very quiet. So the slide is about another kind of paragraph called the nut graph, which is a bit of a funny name.
Wesley: Lara Burgen, from Press Pass NYC, recruited her to teach some guest lessons at HERO.
Amanda: Basically the nut graph is a paragraph that tells the reader why they should care about this story, now and here.
Amanda: So that was all I have about the paragraphs. Does anybody have any questions about this?
Amanda: Okay.
Wesley: Oof, Tough crowd today.
Amanda: We got 5 minutes left. Do we want me to end now or we want me to try to quickly go over? What do you guys think, where’s your energy at?
Wesley: The club ends after about an hour, but with all of the awkward silences, it kinda feels like two hours. The students pack their bags and head out.
Wesley: The class visit confirms what I had already sensed to be true about the newspaper club. They’re having a tough time getting started.
Ms.Murphy: We're still trying to work out the kinks of the website. We have like the title of the name of the website, which is the Hero's Journey, but we haven't really been able to do anything as of yet on it.
Wesley: That’s Ms. Murphy, English teacher and co-newspaper advisor at HERO. She came into the new school year ready to get the HERO’s Journey up and running. Pretty dope name, right? But the school just didn’t have the money to pay for the website. So, after several months, Lara Bergen from Press Pass NYC reached out and paid for it.
Ms.Murphy: So I think it's sad, but I was, we were grateful that they were able to help us because the school just really didn't have the funding. It was $700 and they just didn't have it.
Wesley: Think about that. Being stalled out of the gate over a few hundred bucks.
Wesley: Thanks to Press Pass, the website is now live, but it just has placeholder text like “Headline goes here.” The biggest issue now: attendance.
Aneudy: There is some student that goes like they go, but like some weeks they don't go. So it depends.
Wesley: That’s Aneudy. He went to the press pass boot camp last summer to be trained as HERO’s student editor. But, one student isn’t enough to build a rocking newsroom.
Aneudy: So far. So far. This one last week, it was like about three people. Ah, but, yeah, like about two people.
Wesley: This is from an interview I did with him on Zoom in March. I was hoping to meet him on my visit to the club, but he unfortunately wasn’t able to make it. Instead, once the students leave, I chat with Ms. Murphy.
Wesley: Let's just so for the next school year, what do you see the newspaper club and what are your hopes for it?
Ms. Murphy: I would want to do like a newsletter every month. If we can't do a weekly, definitely every month like clockwork. And the students are kind of just doing it by themselves and we're just like, you know, looking over but not too much involved in like the writing process. We want them to really be like hands-on in the in the club.
Ms. Murphy: this is a predominantly black and brown school, so schools that are in like underprivileged neighborhoods don't really get the opportunity. But I think if we can do it, then it would like maybe inspire other schools in the Bronx to start their own with paper as well.
Wesley: Despite the early challenges, she’s still optimistic about what the newspaper can become.
Wesley: I’m hoping Aneudy gets the chance to publish regular stories on the HERO’s Journey website next year. In the meantime, he did write a year-end wrap-up story for Press Pass NYC. Here’s Aneudy.
Aneudy: The HERO’s Journey was founded on September 22nd, 2022. Although the newspaper has, for the most part, struggled to recruit new members; there is a high possibility that these circumstances might change in the upcoming years. Now that the newspaper club has the funding to open a site where high school newspapers can post their articles for students to read, attendance might increase. The higher the attendance percentage, the higher the possibility of well-informed students.
Most students at HERO did not know about the school newspaper. “I did not know about the newspaper” added Jonathan Sanchez, a junior at Hero High School.
Having a newspaper allows students to let their voices be heard. By working together, we can bring the changes needed to our communities. Teamwork makes the dream work.
If you are interested in joining the newspaper, come to the newspaper club meetings on Tuesdays in room 115!
Edward: That was Wesley reporting from HERO High School in the Bronx.
Edward: Despite the financial support and volunteer coordination from Press Pass, the HERO’s Journey … has yet to set sail. Unequal school system gets the point here.
Edward: So what should we make of what we’ve learned today? My takeaway is this: even when you have a dedicated teacher and enthusiastic student leaders, that’s not always enough to create a successful journalism program.
Edward: Press Pass is an essential catalyst… And they’re working with more than just these three schools — it’s actually close to twenty, including Pace High School, which we visited last episode. But unlike at Pace, most Press Pass Schools offer journalism as a club that meets once or twice a week, not an official class during the school day. And that seems to make a big difference.
Edward: Bottom line, without more investment, the VOICES that are missing from journalism might stay missing. So, who’s responsible for that investment?
Edward: In Part 4, our finale, we turn our attention to the news industry itself.
Edward: Plus, we head to New York City’s annual high school journalism conference and awards presentation.
Edward: Will schools like Townsend Harris dominate as usual? Or, will we see a school that’s, more average, join the winner's circle?
Edward: That’s next time on Missing Voices.
CREDITS
Jayden: This episode was reported by Wesley Almanzar, Jadelyn Camey, Fredlove Deshommes, Edward Mui, and me, Jayden Williams.
Jayden: Our producers and editors are Abe Levine, Sabrina DuQuesnay , Mira Gordon, and Taylor McGraw.
Jayden: Sound mixing and scoring by the one and only Peter Leonard.
Jayden: Music in today's episode came from Blue Dot Sessions. Special thanks to Erica Wong and David Herman at Good Studio.
Jayden: The Miseducation Podcast is a production of The Bell. Learn more about our work and listen to all of our past episodes at Bell Voices Dot Org. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter At Miseducation Pod.
Jayden: This Missing Voices series was made possible in part by the Education Writers Association, the Pinkerton Foundation, the Summerfield Foundation, and FJC. Thanks for listening.