Book Review: ‘Miracle Children,’ by Katie Benner and Erica L. Green
The New York Times • • nation
Key Points:
- T.M. Landry College Preparatory Academy, a small Louisiana private school serving mostly Black, working-class students, gained fame for sending graduates to top universities and viral videos of their acceptance celebrations.
- In 2018, New York Times reporters Erica L. Green and Katie Benner revealed that much of the school's success was fabricated, including false transcripts and fabricated stories of hardship, leading to embarrassment for Ivy League schools and stigmatization of the students.
- Benner and Green's new book, "Miracle Children," expands on their original report, highlighting not only the deceit by the school's leaders but also the broader systemic inequities and the market for Black trauma that allowed the scam to flourish.
- The book focuses on Michael Landry,
