U.S. top education official: N.O. doing 'fantastic' with improvements
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Posted on July 12, 2012 at 10:25 PM
Updated yesterday at 10:42 PM
WASHINGTON -- It was just last year when U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan called New Orleans the "most improved school district in the country.”
We met him in the White House earlier this week and asked him if he still feels that way, and what he thinks about the future of education in Louisiana in terms of vouchers, charter schools and the prospect of a longer school day.
Before Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans' school system was ranked among the worst in the nation, but not anymore.
“New Orleans is doing a fantastic job as far as improvement goes,” Duncan said.
But in many cases, kids aren't going to the same schools. Pre-Katrina only