Get ready for an insightful episode of *The Perkins Platform*! Join us as we welcome Professor Collins, a renowned expert in race and ethnic politics, urban policy, and democratic theory. Together with our host, he dives into his groundbreaking research on public participation at school board meetings and tackles a pressing question: are school boards "broken"? Drawing on insights from his upcoming book, *Democracy Speaks: School Board Governance through Deliberative Culture*, Professor Collins reveals how democratic school board practices can reshape urban education policy. Don’t miss this compelling conversation about the future of school governance and what it means for our communities! Jonathan E. Collins is an assistant professor of political science and education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Professor Collins also serves as the associate director of the Center for Educational Equity. Before joining the Columbia University faculty, he was the Mary Tefft and John Hazen White Sr. Assistant Professor of Political Science, Education, and International and Public Affairs at Brown University.

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