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Schools Matter: NOLA Regular Public Schools Outgain NOLA Charters Two to One

Schools Matter: NOLA Regular Public Schools Outgain NOLA Charters Two to One

NOLA Regular Public Schools Outgain NOLA Charters Two to One


The corporate charter school movement in New Orleans has cooked up a great deal of PR to coincide with the fifth anniversary of Katrina, and much of it has been swallowed and regurgitated by newspapers, blogs, and television news stories, all looking for something positive to write about in the continuing, sad saga of the Big Uneasy. NBC’s Nightly News, for instance, has gushed in at least two separate pieces this week about the