Ten years ago, New York Times Magazine writer Nikole Hannah-Jones explained her decision to enroll her daughter, Najya, in a segregated, high-poverty Brooklyn public school, P.S. 307, despite having the resources and knowledge to send her elsewhere. Now, a decade later, in a follow-up essay, she concludes that her choice failed her daughter—and that segregation was to blame.
What Nikole Hannah-Jones Wouldn’t Let Herself See
Her daughter’s school failed not because of racism or segregation but because of bad pedagogy, the promotion of “equity” over standards, and zero accountability.
