Nikole Hannah-Jones reflects on her daughter's school experience
For decades, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones has reported on race, inequality and the deep divisions in American education. In a new essay, she turns the lens on a choice she made for her own family: sending her daughter to a high-poverty, low-performing school in Brooklyn.

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2 developments- Sep 25Nikole Hannah-Jones’ essay on school integration sparks a reckoning for parents and education advocates
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Nikole Hannah-Jones’ essay on school integration sparks a reckoning for parents and education advocates
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3 viewpointsNikole Hannah-Jones’s Daughter Delivers a Devastating Verdict on Her Mother’s School Experiment
Nikole Hannah-Jones' daughter asks why her education was sacrificed for ideology, says 'it makes no sense'
Nikole Hannah-Jones accidentally gave us a vital lesson on school choice