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The “Reform” of NOLA Public Schools: Headline Edition 9/14/05 to 12/21/05 | The G Bitch Spot

The “Reform” of NOLA Public Schools: Headline Edition 9/14/05 to 12/21/05 | The G Bitch Spot:


The “Reform” of NOLA Public Schools: Headline Edition 9/14/05 to 12/21/05

Part I.
The point? Watch it not grow but slam into being.
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State seeks $2.4 billion from U.S. to pay teachers: N.O. schools’ plans to be revealed today, (New Orleans) Times-Picayune. 9/14/05. Print.
With about 25,700 Louisiana public school employees displaced by Hurricane Katrina and three local systems warning they will soon run out of money to pay their workers, state Education Superintendent Cecil Picard said Tuesday that he is asking Congress for $2.4 billion to help cover salaries and benefits of educators left without open schools.
The money would help Louisiana avoid permanently losing many of its displaced teachers, Picard