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Nice White Parents

Serial & The New York Times

If you want to understand what’s wrong with our public schools, you have to look at what is arguably the most powerful force in shaping them: white parents. A five-part series from Serial Productions, a New York Times Company. Hosted by Chana Joffe-Walt.

Episodes

5: ‘We Know It When We See It’

Aug 20 2020 • 53 MIN

This episode contains strong language.Chana has traced the history of the school from its founding and come to the present. But now: One unexpected last chapter. Last year, the school district for ...

4: 'Here’s Another Fun Thing You Can Do'

Aug 13 2020 • 49 MIN

Public schools are inequitable because the school systems are maniacally loyal to white families. We can’t have equitable public education unless schools limit the disproportionate power of white p...

3: ‘This Is Our School, How Dare You?’

Aug 6 2020 • 46 MIN

Chana Joffe-Walt explores how white parents can shape a school — even when they aren’t there.She traces the history of I.S. 293, now the Boerum Hill School for International Studies, from the 1980s...

2: 'I Still Believe in It'

Jul 30 2020 • 52 MIN

Chana Joffe-Walt searches the New York City Board of Education archives for more information about the School for International Studies, which was originally called I.S. 293.In the process, she fin...

1: The Book of Statuses

Jul 30 2020 • 61 MIN

It’s 2015 and one Brooklyn middle school is about to receive a huge influx of new students.In this episode, Chana Joffe-Walt, a reporter, follows what happens when the School of International Studi...

Introducing: Nice White Parents

Jul 17 2020 • 3 MIN

If you want to understand what’s wrong with our public schools, you have to look at what is arguably the most powerful force in shaping them: White parents. A five-part series from Serial Productio...