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More on New Orleans Charter Schools: The Graduation and College-for-All Myths
Since publishing my OpEd in the New York Times last Sunday, several other articles and research projects have shed much-needed light, during this week marking the 10-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, on the kids who are falling between the cracks … Continue reading
Posted in Education, New Orleans Charter Schools
Tagged ACT, ACT scores, charter schools, college-for-all, Drop Outs, Dropouts, exit codes, Grinnell, Hurricane Katrina, LDOE, Louisiana Department of Education, Middlebury, New Orleans, OPSB, Orleans Parish, Research on Reforms, RSD, Sci Academy
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The Myth of the New Orleans School Makeover Revisited
Last Sunday, The New York Times ran my OpEd “The Myth of the New Orleans School Makeover” in which I acknowledge some of the accomplishments of the city’s education reforms, but also cautioned that the charter revolution is not all … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Tagged accountability, black teachers, Census Bureau, charters, Common Core, Crazy Crawfish, creaming, CREDO, CREDO study, Dana Peterson, Deirdre Burel, Deshotel, Drop Outs, Education reform, Educational Research Alliance, governance, Howard L. Fuller, Hurricane Katrina, inexperienced teachers, Jason France, Katrina, KIPP, Louisiana Legislative Auditor, Mercedes Schneider, Myth of the New Orleans Charter Makeover, New Orleans, Orleans Public Education Network, oversight, Paul Vallas, RSD, School Closure, Social Science Research Council, Teach for America, teachers, TFA, The New York Times, Tulane University, white teachers, Whitney Ruble
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