Quinta Brunson is setting the record straight on her academic history.
On Thursday (March 16), the Center of Education Reform’s CEO Jeanne Allen attempted to take down the 33-year-old Emmy, Golden Globe, SAG, and Critics’ Choice winner, actress, and creator of Abbott Elementary by criticizing her work and academic upbringing.
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“I’ll share it again. @quintabrunson is from West Philly and attended charter schools her entire education,” Jeanne tweeted. “She reportedly loved it at the time, heaped praise on it. Once upon a time. Guess money talks.”
Quinta then clapped back to give Jeanne a history lesson on her education.
“You’re wrong and bad at research,” Quinta tweeted back. “I only attended a charter for high school. My public elementary school was transitioned to charter over a decade after I left. I did love my high school. That school is now defunct—which happens to charters often.”
She added, “Loving something doesn’t mean it can’t be critiqued. Thanks for watching the show :)”
In response to Quinta‘s tweet and the backlash she was receiving, Jeanne backtracked and called Quinta a “talented TV writer,” but then took aim at her again.
Jeanne then tweeted that Quinta was “peeved at my pointing out she attended charter schools while writing a show that consistently attacks. She quibbled with the facts. I responded.”
Jeanne has since put her Twitter account on private.
Loving something doesn’t mean it can’t be critiqued. Thanks for watching the show 🙂
— quinta brunson (@quintabrunson) March 16, 2023
