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Why does the public education system continue to fail America’s children? Policy experts have pondered this question for decades. Most say the answer is complicated, requiring a nuanced, collaborative approach. But not The New York Times. It found the problem, and it’s simple: white parents. The solution? “Try, whenever possible, to suppress the power of white parents.” That quote comes from the Times’ podcast “Nice White Parents,” which chronicles the history of a single public school in New York. Specifically, the host, Chana Joffe-Walt, decides to look into the racial history of this school. Her first finding: Many parents who...

The New York Times announced Thursday it is releasing a new podcast series titled Nice White Parents, about how white parents are preventing black and brown children from succeeding in public schools. According to the Times, Nice White Parents is “about the 60-year relationship between white parents and the public school down the block.” Its premise is reportedly that the reason government schools are failing “black and brown kids” is due to powerful “white parents.” Reporter Chana Joffe-Walt states in an audio clip the basis for the project is research that led her back to New York City in 1963,...