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What is this wave of “school” “Reform” about? Is it about education? Improving teachers? Making functional, literate, thoughtful citizens? Safe, healthy buildings for our children? Are the main stakeholders parents, children, teachers? Oh, no, not at all—once again, the truth slips out like a tiny turd:
Both men [Scott Cowen and Norman Francis] steered away from any disparaging remarks about sitting board members, whose four-year terms end in December, but they made no secret of their wish to find more candidates aligned with the charter-school movement that has ballooned in New Orleans under the state’s watch.
“The undercurrent — maybe unspoken — is a slight trepidation that there won’t be enough candidates who support the reform agenda,” said Luis Miron, dean of the College of Social Sciences at Loyola University. “It’s not only the university presidents, but the business sector.”