New Orleans: Nearly Half of the District’s Charter Schools Receive a D or F from State
Ouch!
New Orleans is the nation’s first all-charter district.
New Orleans is supposed to be the shining star of the charter movement, proving the value of school choice and market-based reforms, closing schools and replacing them with new schools, then closing failing schools, ad infinitum.
Della Hasselle writes in the New Orleans Advocate:
The release of the state’s closely watched school performance scores earlier this month offered an overall update on New Orleans schools that seemed benign enough: A slight increase in overall student performance meant another C grade for the district.
But a closer look reveals a startling fact. A whopping 35 of the 72 schools in the all-charter district scored a D or F, meaning nearly half of local public schools were CONTINUE READING: New Orleans: Nearly Half of the District’s Charter Schools Receive a D or F from State | Diane Ravitch's blog
