After the Deluge, A New Education System
Today close to 70% of New Orleans children attend charter schools.
BY LESLIE JACOBS
New Orleans
Five years ago yesterday, the levees broke. Hurricane Katrina flooded roughly 80% of this city, causing nearly $100 billion in damage. The storm forced us to rebuild our homes, workplaces and many of our institutions—including our failing public education system.
But from the flood waters, the most market-driven public school system in the country has emerged. Education reformers across America should tak