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An unexpected last chapter. Some white parents start behaving differently.
By Chana Joffe-Walt, Julie Snyder, Sarah Koenig, Neil Drumming, Ira Glass, Eve L. Ewing, Rachel Lissy and Stowe Nelson
Is it possible to limit the power of white parents?
How white parents can shape a school, even when they aren’t there.
Everyone wants what’s best for their children’s education. But who gets to decide what’s best? The reporter behind our new podcast from Serial shares the books that helped her answer that question.
By Chana Joffe-Walt
White parents in the 1960s fought to be part of a new, racially integrated school in Brooklyn. So why did their children never attend?
From Serial and The New York Times: “Nice White Parents” looks at the 60-year relationship between white parents and the public school down the block.
A new five-part series about building a better school system, and what gets in the way. New episodes of “Nice White Parents” are available here, brought to you by Serial Productions and The New York Times.
