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All parents want what鈥檚 best for their children. But who gets to decide what鈥檚 best? At AASA鈥檚 2021 National Conference on Education, a pair of public radio journalists masterfully unraveled this hard question for those of us watching and listening.

Chana Joffe-Walt is the reporter and Rachel Lissy an assistant producer of an acclaimed five-part podcast 鈥淣ice White Parents.鈥�

The journalists originally set out to examine pervasive segregation in the New York City public schools. But as Joffe-Walt chronicled her journey examining options for her own school-bound child, a deeper narrative emerged. It wasn鈥檛 higher test scores or shiny new objects that mattered most in these predominately poor schools. Instead, the influence of white parents drove the reputation of a 鈥済ood鈥� versus 鈥渂ad鈥� school.