New Orleans “Recovery District” a Dismal Failure
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Post by Diane Ravitch 2/10/13
Bobby Jindal went to Virginia to boast of the miraculous transformation of education in Louisiana, all attributable to the magic of replacing public schools with privately managed, deregulated charters.
This is an oft-told tale, repeated again and again by advocates of privatization in both political parties and endlessly regurgitated by an uncurious and credulous media.
But something amazing happened when the Associated Press reported the story. It included the inconvenient
Bobby Jindal went to Virginia to boast of the miraculous transformation of education in Louisiana, all attributable to the magic of replacing public schools with privately managed, deregulated charters.
This is an oft-told tale, repeated again and again by advocates of privatization in both political parties and endlessly regurgitated by an uncurious and credulous media.
But something amazing happened when the Associated Press reported the story. It included the inconvenient
Louisiana Recovery District Schools Average “D” or “F” on State Report Card
Louisiana’s Recovery School District oversees 80 schools — 68 of them in New Orleans, where the state took over most schools after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Some are directly operated by the recovery district, while others are run as charter schools managed by independent organizations.
New Orleans schools run by the Recovery School District still have a D grade on average while those outside of
New Orleans schools run by the Recovery School District still have a D grade on average while those outside of