LISTEN: Outgoing METCO Leader On Program's Legacy

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Joanne Abbott, 12, center, of Boston as she eats her lunch with Patti Woolf, 14, left, and Sherry Grey, 14, at East Junior High School in Braintree, Mass., on Sept. 8, 1966. Some 220 Aftican American children, went by bus to six suburban school systems today in a new undertaking to ease racial imbalance in Boston Public schools. The busing began a new program by the Metropolitan Council for Education Opportunities (METCO).

Barbara Howard is the former anchor of WGBH’s All Things Considered.

October 06, 2016

Updated August 01, 2023

After 43 years running METCO, the program that sends urban students to suburban school school districts, executive director Jean McGuire is stepping away. She spoke with WGBH All Things Considered host Barbara Howard about METCO's history and legacy.

Barbara Howard is the former anchor of WGBH’s All Things Considered.

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