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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

The Dangerous Facts About New Orleans « Diane Ravitch's blog

The Dangerous Facts About New Orleans « Diane Ravitch's blog:


The Dangerous Facts About New Orleans

I wrote in a blog yesterday about a balanced news story about the New Orleans story. It began with the usual paeans of praise to the charter miracle and the miracle of having great (inexperienced TFA) teachers, but then shifted gears and gave time to critics of this narrative. This is the link:
http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/05/sen_mary_landrieu_touts_new_o
r.html

However, the story did not appear in the print edition, and critics of the miracle in New Orleans are worried that it may disappear from the Times-Picayune’s website and its archives. I guess no one told the reporter that he was