Kevin McCorry

Kevin McCorry is an executive producer and host at WHYY. He oversees production of shows including “Studio 2,” “Radio Times Rewind,” and “Ask Gov. Meyer.” He also creates the weekly “Jukebox Journey” segment that airs Fridays on All Things Considered, and he was the original host and creator of WHYY’s narrative podcast “Schooled.”

Kevin is a Philadelphia native who has more than a decade of journalism experience as a reporter, editor and manager. He started on the education beat covering city schools, became the leader of the Keystone Crossroads statewide collaborative reporting project, and led another major Philadelphia newsroom before returning to WHYY.

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Keystone Crossroads

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Part Three: A system of support, how Ontario sets its teachers up to succeed

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Part Two: Ontario celebrates diversity, but still works to close achievement gaps

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Part One: How Ontario’s vision of equity for schools contrasts starkly with Pennsylvania’s

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Part Three: How one Berlin school integrated by segregating

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Part Two: The rise and fall of Berlin’s plan to integrate schools

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