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 advocated for the integration of public schools, specifically this public school, did not end up enrolling their children. Instead, t
