Crossfiled1 outlets · filed 1 October 2026
How Nikole Hannah-Jones Gets School Choice All Wrong
Robert Pondiscio discusses the competence crisis in public schools, the limits of school choice, and the importance of parental involvement in education.
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Both outlets center Nikole Hannah-Jones and school choice, but they frame the piece differently. PBS NewsHour foregrounds her expectation of backlash over the New York Times essay and, in its extract, is the only one that mentions her daughter and social media. Reason splits into two takes: one personal essay about the writer’s own Catholic school experience and one critique arguing Hannah-Jones gets school choice wrong.
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