1619 Project founder regrets school choice for her daughter, admits putting ideals ahead of her education
New York Times Magazine reporter and creator of the controversial 1619 Project , Nikole Hannah-Jones, acknowledged Sunday that she regretted aspects of the decision to send her daughter to predominantly Black, high-poverty public schools in Brooklyn, New York, after the now-16-year-old told her she did not receive the education she wanted — a decade after Hannah-Jones described the choice as an effort to challenge school segregation.
In a newly released New York Times Magazine essay, Hannah-Jones described revisiting years of emails with her daughter Najya’s teachers and principals and confronting what she called a truth she could no longer suppress.
"Now I felt overcome with regret.
Najya deserved better," Hannah-Jones said .
"They all did.
But she was mine.
This girl, my only child, looked to me to protect her, to give her what she needed to thrive.
And I had not chosen her." Hannah-Jones told Fox News Digital on Sunday that the broader focus should remain on families who lack the resources to pursue better educational options for their children.
"I hope people concerned about the choice my husband and I made for our daughter will have equal or more outrage for the thousands of Black children whose parents don’t have the resources to send them to better schools," she said.
"As I write in the piece, there is no absolution to be had for any of us." POWERFUL TEACHERS' UNIONS SHARE STRIKING LINK WITH STATES STRUGGLING TO TEACH KIDS TO READ Corey DeAngelis , a research fellow at The Heritage Foundation and longtime school choice advocate, responded to Hannah-Jones' essay in a statement to Fox News Digital, arguing parents should prioritize their children's individual educational needs.
"Parents should put their children first.
They should not sacrifice them to a failing government school system in the name of ideology," DeAngelis said.
"Nikole Hannah-Jones now says she regrets putting her ideals ahead of her daughter’s education.
That admission is long overdue." "I welcome Nikole Hannah-Jones to the school choice revolution," he continued.
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