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1619 Project founder Hannah-Jones regrets Brooklyn school choice for daughter

Nikole Hannah-Jones acknowledges putting ideals ahead of her daughter's education in a new essay.

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What to know

  • Hannah-Jones acknowledged in a new essay that choosing high-poverty Brooklyn public schools for her daughter prioritized ideological goals over her child's educational outcomes.
  • Her daughter, now 16, told her she did not receive the education she wanted, prompting Hannah-Jones to review years of emails with school staff.
  • School choice advocates have seized on the admission as validation that parents should prioritize individual student needs over system-wide ideals.
  • Hannah-Jones emphasized the issue affects mostly poor and Black families without resources to access better schools, framing her personal regret within broader inequality.

“Nikole Hannah-Jones now says she regrets putting her ideals ahead of her daughter's education. That admission is long overdue.”

Corey DeAngelis, Heritage Foundation research fellow · Fox News Digital ↗

Nikole Hannah-Jones 1619 Project creator, New York Times Magazine reporterCorey DeAngelis School choice advocate, Heritage Foundation research fellow

1619 Project founder Hannah-Jones regrets Brooklyn school choice for daughter
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    School choice advocate frames Hannah-Jones admission as vindication

    Corey DeAngelis, a research fellow at The Heritage Foundation and school choice advocate, responded to Hannah-Jones' essay by arguing parents should prioritize their children's individual needs over ideology, saying her admission was overdue.

    “Parents should put their children first. They should not sacrifice them to a failing government school system in the name of ideology.”
    — Corey DeAngelis
  2. background

    Hannah-Jones emphasizes broader educational inequality amid personal admission — In a statement to Fox News Digital, Hannah-Jones said the focus should remain on families lacking resources to pursue better educational options, stating she hopes critics will direct equal outrage toward thousands of Black children whose parents cannot afford alternatives.

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    Hannah-Jones publishes essay acknowledging regret over daughter's school choice

    In a New York Times Magazine essay, Nikole Hannah-Jones revisits her decision a decade earlier to send her daughter Najya to predominantly Black, high-poverty public schools in Brooklyn as an effort to challenge school segregation. After her daughter expressed dissatisfaction with her education, Hannah-Jones confronted what she called a suppressed truth.

    “Now I felt overcome with regret. Najya deserved better. 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.”
    — Nikole Hannah-Jones