Episode 240: Pressure Intensifies To Bring Students Back To Classrooms; Environmental Group Reckons With Race And Inclusivity In The Outdoors
Children from the Audubon Boston Nature Center preschool program play in the snow. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
The Biden administration and state leaders are pushing to get more students into “in-person” classes again. This week on NEXT, the politics of making it happen. Plus, as the Massachusetts Audubon Society reckons with its founder’s racist past, the group’s push to create equitable access to nature. And we talk with Crystal Maldonado about her debut young adult novel “Fat Chance, Charlie Vega,” the importance of representation — and seeing herself on the page.
Guests:
Sarah Gibson, education and demographics reporter at New Hampshire Public Radio
Carrie Jung, senior education reporter for WBUR’s Edify team
Sindy Giard, principal at Anthony Carnivale Elementary School in Providence, Rhode Island
Crystal Maldonado, author of “Fat Chance, Charlie Vega”
Contributors:
Nicole Leonard, reporter at Connecticut Public Radio
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Gabrielle Emanuel, reporter at GBH News
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Antonia Ayres-Brown, Newport bureau reporter for The Public’s Radio
Young Adults Are Struggling With Mental Illness. This New Center In Newport Wants To Intervene Earlier.
Khari Thompson, Morning Edition field producer for WBUR
Mass Audubon Confronts Legacy Of Its Namesake As Nation Reckons WIth Race
About NEXT
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Host/Producer: Morgan Springer
Freelance Producer: Lily Tyson
Executive Editor: Vanessa de la Torre
Senior Director: Catie Talarski
Music: Todd Merrell, “New England” by Goodnight Blue Moon, “Stay Down” by Lattrell James, “Dreamin’” by The Wolff Sisters, “Fresh Like A New Dollar” by West End Blend
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