#890: How exclusionary zoning impedes educational opportunity, with Richard Kahlenberg

On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Richard Kahlenberg, a senior fellow at the Progressive Policy Institute, joins Mike to discuss how zoning policies price poor people out of high quality schools. Then, on the Research Minute, Amber discusses new research that examines how up-front cash payments affect teacher recruitment and retention.

Recommended content:

• “Excluded: How snob zoning, NIMBYism, and class bias build the walls that we don’t see” —Richard Kahlenberg
• “Liberal suburbs have their own border wall” —Richard Kahlenberg
• “74 interview: Richard Kahlenberg says liberal ‘elitism’ is hurting school equity” —The 74
• Lucas C. Coffman, John J. Conlon, Clayton R. Featherstone, Judd B. Kessler, and Jessica Mixon, “Liquidity for teachers: Evidence from Teach For America and LinkedIn,” Economics of Education Review (September 2023).

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