Selective admissions in New York City schools

Subject in Education

Selective admissions in New York City schools has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including This American Life. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.

What people said

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

  • Najya said she concluded that getting a good education meant attending a majority white school, based on what top schools looked like.

    “If you look at the top schools, they're majority white. And it's like, if you want to go into a good school, you're going to have to go to a majority white school”

    This American Life: 898: An Argument (Sep 26, 2026) · Listen from 36:13

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Podcasts

Episodes

  • 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.