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Mike Hixenbaugh

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Mike Hixenbaugh is a senior investigative reporter for NBC News, co-creator of the "Southlake" and "Grapevine" podcasts, and author of "They Came for the Schools: One Town’s Fight Over Race and Identity, and the New War for America’s Classrooms."

Hixenbaugh’s reporting in recent years on the battles over race, gender, and sexuality in public schools won a Peabody Award and was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. While working as a newspaper reporter in Ohio, North Carolina, Virginia, and Texas, Hixenbaugh uncovered deadly failures in the U.S. military, abuses in the child welfare system, and safety lapses at major hospitals, winning numerous national awards and triggering reforms aimed at saving lives and keeping families together.

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"Wow! With a perfect blend of topical relevance and sharp journalistic writing, THEY CAME FOR THE SCHOOLS will be, I predict, more un-put-downable than most best-selling thrillers, and more rage-inducing than the New York Times’ events coverage. Mike " Read more of this review »
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"I graduated from high school in the 80s from a high school in a neighboring county. I left for college and became a teacher. I watched this situation play out, initially only interested because it was occurring in an area I was familiar with; then, a" Read more of this review »
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“For unless our children begin to learn together, there is little hope that our people will ever learn to live together and understand each other.”
Mike Hixenbaugh, They Came for the Schools: One Town's Fight Over Race and Identity, and the New War for America's Classrooms

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