Mathew Hennessey, in the WSJ’s column “Free Expressions,” writes that he mistakenly thought this had been sorted out long ago. “Evidently some are still struggling with the concept,” writes Hennessey.

When journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones published a lengthy essay in The New York Times Magazine over the weekend discussing her decision to send her daughter to a failing inner-city elementary school. On purpose.

Ms. Hannah-Jones explains: She and her husband “felt an obligation to make educational decisions based on the collective good and not just our individual advantage.”

Glue Yourself to the Highway

Matthew Hennessey has some advice. Free. “Don’t do this.” It’s “child sacrifice,” writes the father of five.

Ms. Hannah-Jones had the means to provide her daughter with a good education and chose instead to use her as a political pawn.

Hennessey has further advice: Go ahead and glue yourself to the freeway to halt climate change. “Whatever.”

Sacrifice your own political dreams before sacrificing (your) child’s future.