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I'm Rund Abdelfatah, and you've been listening to Throughline from NPR.

This episode was produced by me and Ramtin, and-

Lawrence Wu.

Olsen heard Country Roads, and he hit it a country mile.

And so I wanted to know, how and when did music become such a big part of baseball? I'm Rund Abdelfatah.

It's playoff season for Major League Baseball, which the Mets sadly will not be playing in.

Just not our year.

Music by Ramtin Arablouei and his band, Drop Electric.

Thanks also to Johannes Doerge, Shyenne Butler, and Josie Gotell.

I'm Rund Abdelfatah.

Thanks for listening.

Thanks also to Johannes Dürrggi.

I'm Rund Abdelfatah.

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And it launches a thousand ships of questions, of research agendas, of new places for scholars to investigate.

I'm Rund Abdelfatah.

On this episode of Throughline from NPR, we tell the story of that 60-year-old report that investigated inequity in American schools.

Its findings raised complicated questions.

Tune in to our next episode this coming Tuesday when we answer a listener's question.

In a time when AI is revolutionizing how we live and work, they asked, "Where did the first Luddites come from?" We have answers.

[upbeat music] I'm Rund Abdelfatah.

Throughline was created by me and Ramtin Arablouei.

But what I never really thought about at the time was why I had to take the SAT in the first place.

Like, who decided this was the best way to filter students for higher education? [upbeat music] I'm Rund Abdelfatah, and this is Throughline from NPR.

For the last few months, we've asked you, our listeners, to write or call in with questions or topics you can't stop thinking about.

And today's episode was inspired by Jory Baker, a computer science teacher in Colorado, asking about the College Board, you know, that nonprofit testing company that drives the educational assessment of America's students.

And that's it for today's show.

Join us Thursday for another new episode about a 700-page report published 60 years ago that transformed the fight over American public education.

I'm Rund Abdelfatah.

Throughline was created by me and Ramtin Arablouei.

[upbeat music] That's it for this week's show.

I'm Rund Abdelfatah.

I'm Ramtin Arablouei, and you've been listening to Throughline from NPR.

Coming up on our next episode, we're trying something new.