An article based on my months-long investigation of the New Orleans charter school system is up on Newsweek. Please see:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2013/09/20/post-katrina-the-great-new-orleans-charter-tryout.html
And please stay tuned for some follow-up posts on the subject.
As soon as every student was put in a box and expected to perform and behave identically, it was doomed to long term failure for a major part of the school population. Controlling behavior with rigidity is PRISON tactics, not educational best practices.
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