What if School Placement Was Fully Randomized?

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 30, 2018

Some parents on Manhattan's Upper West Side are upset about a new Department of Education plan that would diversify middle schools in the district. Lindsey Christ, education reporter at NY1, reports on the parents' response and the issues at hand.

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