Coleman Hughes: Lessons from Nikole Hannah-Jones’ School Experiment
A decade later, the results are in.By Coleman Hughes09.22.26 — EducationThis article is part of Today in America. Now she’s telling a different story about how that choice played out.At the time, Hannah-Jones’ rationale was that bad schools are caused by a lack of upper-middle-class parents. Those parents, she argued, have the resources and connections to lobby on behalf of the entire student body (including poorer students from dysfunctional families), raise additional funding, and generally improve the quality of the education for all.
- ▪A decade later, the results are in.By Coleman Hughes09.22.26 — EducationThis article is part of Today in America.
- ▪Now she’s telling a different story about how that choice played out.At the time, Hannah-Jones’ rationale was that bad schools are caused by a lack of upper-middle-class parents.
- ▪Those parents, she argued, have the resources and connections to lobby on behalf of the entire student body (including poorer students from dysfunctional families), raise additional funding, and generally improve the quality of the educatio
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Coleman Hughes: Lessons from Nikole Hannah-Jones’ School ExperimentNikole Hannah-Jones speaks at the 2025 ESSENCE Festival of Culture in New Orleans, on July 4, 2025. (Arturo Holmes via Getty Images)The creator of the 1619 Project sent her young daughter to a struggling public school, convinced that upper-middle-class parents could lift it up. A decade later, the results are in.By Coleman Hughes09.22.26 — EducationThis article is part of Today in America. Follow to get everything we publish on U.S.
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