Episode 9: Nice White Parents (from Serial & The New York Times)

Nice White Parents - Apparently, that is who we need to blame for our failing public schools...at least according to this new podcast from The New York Times. And while the white parents that host Chana Joffe-Walt of the NYT talks about did plenty of obnoxious and dare I say privileged things...are they really the sole culprits? Could all of our educational woes really land a their feet exclusively? What about school leadership? School Boards? Local government? The teacher's union? Federal interference? Politics? This podcast gets a lot of things right...and the investigative journalism is excellent...but has she reached the right conclusion? Additionally, is the New York Times taking advantage of our current racial strife to make a buck? Is this kind of thinking healthy for our nation right now? Let's work through this together, shall we?