Ep 49 | The Hannah-Jones Reckoning
Nikole Hannah-Jones's new essay on the school she chose for her daughter has become one of the biggest education stories of the year, and the reactions are still coming. In a different kind of episode, Dr. Charles Cole III gets put in the hot seat by his director. First a straight recap of the whole arc, the 2016 essay, the 2026 reckoning, and a fallout that pulled in the school-choice right, defenders, and a sharp response inside Black communities. Then the conversation: where Dr. Cole agrees, where he pushes back on parent choice, what his own Substack, Read Out Loud Day, argues about grit…
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