Todd E. Elder

Mar 5, 2024 | educationnext.org | John McWhorter |David Quinn |Todd E. Elder |David Steiner

Dream Town: Shaker Heights and the Quest for Racial Equityby Laura MecklerMacmillan, 2023, $31.99; 400 pages. As reviewed by David SteinerLaura Meckler has written a deeply engaging account of Shaker Heights, Ohio, a Cleveland suburb and planned community founded in 1909, whose current population totals some 29,000—roughly one-third Black and half white.