My takeaway from the NHJ discourse is that America continues to be unreasonably polarized between people who think the only thing that matters is the other students and the only thing that matters is funding.
Managing the school is important!
slowboring.com/p/why-i-send-…
I was raised and educated in Brooklyn in the 80s in probably a similar environment to your son. I learned how to deal with a “wide variety of social interactions”. I learned which side of the street I had to walk on in order to not get jumped. Now, raising my kids in a relatively affluent suburb of Chicago, and sending them to the local public schools, all I can say is, they have it much better than I did.
Sep 22, 2026 · 6:04 PM UTC