Tag: New Orleans
Helping parents navigate school choice
We’ve written in the past about the need to help parents navigate an increasingly complicated school choice landscape. For the past year, a new group, EdNavigator, has been helping parents in New Orleans. This week, they’ve been sharing lessons in a series of posts on the Eduwonk blog. New Orleans has a OneApp... READ MOREStudy: Low-scoring students less likely to switch to higher-scoring schools
The redefinition of public education in New Orleans — in which...
READ MOREHow charter schools affect school districts
Opponents of charter schools often claim they harm the students...
READ MORE‘The New Orleans debate is, in many ways, the national debate’
The debate that has swirled around the overhaul of New...
READ MOREThrowback Thursday: New Orleans and the disaster capitalism narrative
On the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Canadian activist and author...
READ MOREThis week in school choice: Valid critiques welcomed
We’re awash in tenth-anniversary takes on New Orleans’ schools after Hurricane Katrina....
READ MOREThis week in school choice: Way of the future?
Ten years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans serves as a...
READ MOREThe real benefits of New Orleans’ education overhaul
This morning, the journal Education Next posted a series of articles...
READ MOREMore lessons from New Orleans
New Orleans’ pioneering approach to charter schools is interesting enough,...
READ MORESchool choice and equity: The real lessons from New Orleans
Critics like to describe the overhauled New Orleans public school...
READ MOREThis week in school choice: Eyes on New Orleans
Between now and August, lots of ink will be spilled...
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