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Nikole Hannah-Jones’s recent admission that she failed her daughter’s education by prioritizing systemic equity over individual opportunity has sparked a debate on the limits of parental activism. While The Bulwark criticizes her conclusions, The Atlantic argues her experience proves that individual sacrifice cannot fix broken institutions.
Nikole Hannah-Jones, co-founder of the 1619 Project, has faced intense public criticism after admitting she deliberately enrolled her daughter in underperforming Brooklyn public schools to advance her activism on educational equity. Critics argue she used her child as a prop for political signaling, while Hannah-Jones acknowledges in a New York Times essay that she may have failed her daughter by prioritizing ideological goals over her education.
Starting next year, all public schools in New York City will be required to offer two to five minutes of mindful breathing exercises each day. Mayor Eric Adams announced the initiative as a way to improve student well-being and address the youth mental health crisis exacerbated by the pandemic. Breathing exercises have been shown to reduce stress and increase alertness. While some advocates appreciate the focus on mindfulness, others argue for a more comprehensive approach to addressing mental health needs, particularly for disadvantaged students.
The Manhattan campus of Ethical Culture Fieldston School is facing a lice outbreak, and one expert says that classrooms across New York City are battling the bugs. The owner of Licenders, Adie Horowitz, said that lice have returned to city schools with a vengeance after a brief coronavirus hiatus. Parents and insiders claimed administrators initially refused to conduct a school-wide screening of students and delayed alerting parents about the outbreak. The best thing that a school can do is periodic screenings, four times a year, which is what schools used to do before COVID.