Digging into the Birmingham City Schools

| January 12, 2017 

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The issues around the Birmingham City Schools are well documented. It’s a high-poverty district that often performs poorly in education rankings. But the school system is also a critical part of the social fabric affecting everything from the workforce to crime to economic development.

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