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Michelle Anderson in the news:



Study of Memphis schools ‘dissolution’ says state’s response empowered wealthy suburbs

Michelle Wilde Anderson quoted in The Commercial Appeal, May 20, 2012

The Columbia Law Review article by UC Berkeley Law School assistant professor Michelle Wilde Anderson examined the Memphis City Schools district’s “dissolution. “… In its response to “a struggling district that opts for dissolution, the state could have and should have made the county as strong and competent as possible so as to stabilize the service provided in the dissolving district without hurting county children. Instead, Norris-Todd hobbles the combined district, favoring the strongest area suburbs over metropolitan Memphis as a whole.”


Michelle Anderson and Steven Weissman Endorse Equitable Energy Policies

The Mercury News, January 6, 2009 by Michelle Wilde Anderson and Steve Weissman
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As Obama has said, energy and climate security is “not only a problem, it is also an opportunity.” His administration has an opportunity—and a duty—to lead with policies that are as equitable as they are ambitious.