For years, Nikole Hannah-Jones told herself she was doing the right thing by enrolling her daughter in high-poverty public schools in Brooklyn to boost the education system.
But today, the New York Times reporter is “overcome with regret” over not giving her 16-year-old daughter the education she wanted.
“Parents should put their children first. They should not sacrifice them to a failing government school system in the name of ideology,” Corey DeAngelis, a research fellow at The Heritage Foundation and longtime school choice advocate, said about Nikole’s decision.