What Gene Walker has said about Magnet schools
1 quote · 1 episode · Nov 11, 2026
Gene Walker has been quoted on Magnet schools once in 1 episode of The Daily, most recently on November 11, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Walker contends that Pittsburgh's magnet system was designed to retain middle-class white families through schools of choice.
“the magnet school system at its core was designed to keep middle class white families in the school district by creating these schools of choice”
The Daily: Public Schools Have a New Crisis: Not Enough Students (Nov 11, 2026) · Listen from 21:12
Episodes
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.
Others on Magnet schools
- Abigail Folds · 1 quote
Gene Walker on other topics
- School closures · 2 quotes
- Pittsburgh Public Schools · 1 quote