Abigail Folds
Abigail Folds has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include Charter schools, School segregation in the United States, Magnet schools.
In their words
Positions and remarks grouped by topic, each with the exact quote and where it was said.
Charter schools
Folds predicts that without in-district options, families will leave for charter schools in a race to the bottom.
“People already are leaving and people will just flee and flee and flee and it'll be a race to the bottom”
The Daily: Public Schools Have a New Crisis: Not Enough Students (Nov 11, 2026) · Listen from 36:17
School segregation in the United States
Folds believes eliminating magnets will deter people from moving into less desirable neighborhoods, reinforcing housing segregation.
“I think people would not move to my neighborhood if they knew they had to go to the neighborhood school”
The Daily: Public Schools Have a New Crisis: Not Enough Students (Nov 11, 2026) · Listen from 34:24
Magnet schools
Folds argues magnet schools gave children who cannot afford richer neighborhoods access to a different education.
“It gives an opportunity for some kids that can't afford to live in a richer area to have an education at maybe a different school”
The Daily: Public Schools Have a New Crisis: Not Enough Students (Nov 11, 2026) · Listen from 33:19
Appearances
Public Schools Have a New Crisis: Not Enough StudentsThe Daily · Nov 11, 2026 · 48 min
Natalie Kitroeff and education reporter Sarah Mervosh examine shrinking U.S. public school enrollment and Pittsburgh's controversial plan to close schools and end most magnet programs.
Often appears with
- Natalie Kitroeff · 1 shared episode
- Sarah Mervosh · 1 shared episode
- Gene Walker · 1 shared episode