WAS NEW ORLEANS THE MODEL?
I had to post this story by Liza Featherstone because it is so inclusive and relevant to the destruction being done to the Louisiana public education system. Our previous Recovery School District Supt. Paul Vallas was Superintendent of Philadelphia Public Schools prior to his arrival in New Orleans. His work there was the basis for the problems that school system is having now.
US Public School System is Under Attack
In Philadelphia, the privatization of the public school system isn't working - yet the stage is set for even more.
Published on Friday, May 25, 2012
by Liza Featherstone
The US public school system, once a model for the world, is under sustained attack by the nation's elites. Philadelphia, the latest casualty, is getting ready to sell off its schools and their governance to profiteers and
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2011
The Maddow Blog - Katrina 'good' for New Orleans schools? U.S. Dept. of Education says so #edreform
