School choice

Subject in Education

School choice has come up in 2 episodes across 2 podcasts in TMT, including Pod Save America, This American Life. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.

What people said

Nikole Hannah-JonesAmerican journalist and New York Times Magazine writer who teaches at Howard University

  • Hannah-Jones admitted she does not know whether she and her husband made the right choice.

    “I couldn't admit to her that, yes, you did bear a cause. And I don't know that we made the right choice”

    This American Life: 898: An Argument (Sep 26, 2026) · Listen from 56:00

  • Hannah-Jones said she and her husband stayed at the school because they felt they could not abandon the other children.

    “who are we if like the moment it gets really rough, we give up? Then what do we do it for in the first place?”

    This American Life: 898: An Argument (Sep 26, 2026) · Listen from 17:50

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NajyaNikole Hannah-Jones's 16-year-old daughter, a high school sophomore

  • Najya argued that her mother's choice produced no benefit and challenged her to name one.

    “There's no benefit that came out of you putting me in those schools. There's no benefit at all. Could you tell me a benefit?”

    This American Life: 898: An Argument (Sep 26, 2026) · Listen from 47:55

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Podcasts

Episodes

  • Choosin' Texas with Bobby Pulido

    Pod Save America · Sep 27, 2026 · 1 h 2 min

    Live at the Texas Tribune Festival, the Pod Save America hosts assess Texas and national midterm races, Xi Jinping's visit, and interview congressional candidate Bobby Pulido.

  • 898: An Argument

    This American Life · Sep 26, 2026 · 1 h 3 min

    Nikole Hannah-Jones revisits her famous essay on choosing a segregated public school for her daughter Najya, who argues with her about that choice a decade later.