National Charter School Hoopla In New Orleans
Editor’s Note: The National Charter Schools Conference took place this summer at the New Orleans convention center, on the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Katrina was, in the infamous words of...
View ArticleFrom New Orleans: Washing Machine-Style Education Reform
As a New Orleans parent and an active member of my community, I think of myself as an expert on the experiment in education reform that tranformed my city into the nation's first all-charter school...
View ArticleTen Years After Katrina, New Orleans Is Failing Its Kids
Art by Brian Hubble I am a parent of three, a black New Orleanian with roots going back at least five generations. I’m usually happy and optimistic, but when I talk about what has happened to my city,...
View ArticleWould Today’s Schools Put Dennis the Menace Behind Bars?
The U.S. incarcerates more people than almost any other nation. But even worse, we incarcerate children.
View ArticlePay To Be Schooled?
Even though discriminating against students based on income and class has been illegal for decades (and immoral forever), it's still happening every day.
View ArticleSit Up Straight or Else. New Orleans Students on 'No Excuses' Discipline.
Destiny arrived at high school one day with a stun gun.
View ArticleNew Orleans After Katrina
When all eyes turned to New Orleans, I thought, finally, things will change.
View ArticleSchool Takeovers Hurt Our Communities and Our Kids
Many people are upset about what happened to New Orleans schools after Hurricane Katrina. Don't let this happen in your hometown!
View ArticleWill the Last Five Public Schools in New Orleans Become Charters?
The process is a nightmare for parents and community members.
View ArticleNew Orleans Schools Are Taking Back Local Control. But Will It Matter?
No school board should allow children’s social, emotional, and physical well-being to become a bargaining chip in educational experiments on vulnerable populations.
View ArticleConfederate Statues Are Down in New Orleans, but Structural Racism Still...
When Stalin's statues came down in Russia, it was because the people had toppled the system—not just a statue. We certainly cannot say the same thing about the system of racist oppression General E....
View ArticleMonuments Fall, But Racism Stands Tall in New Orleans
When Stalin’s statues came down in Russia, the people had toppled the system—not just a statue. It was the dawn of a new era. We cannot say the same thing about the system of racist oppression...
View ArticleHurricane Lessons: A New Orleans School Activist’s Message to New Survivors
How public schools in Texas, Florida, and Puerto Rico can avoid New Orleans’ post-Katrina fate.
View ArticleWhy Our New Orleans Community Had to Stage Its Own Graduation Ceremony
For the third year in a row, New Orleans schools have slipped in state ratings. Students like Rahsaan Ison deserve more—so we took action.
View ArticleDon’t Believe Reports that New Orleans is Regaining Control of its Schools
Pundits say Louisiana has finally returned control of New Orleans charter schools to a locally elected school board, and that they are now accountable to the city’s residents. But New Orleanians will...
View ArticleSchool Discipline, Captured on Video
The ripple effects of racially biased school discipline practices are traumatic for black families, including one I work with in Louisiana.
View ArticleIn New Orleans, Safe Schools Are Not an Option
The city with the most “school choice” is turning its back on parents who want more measures to fight COVID-19 spread.
View ArticleDefending Will Smith Sends the Wrong Message to Children
The incident at the Academy Awards normalized violence as an acceptable response to conflict.
View ArticleOur Vision of School Safety Must Include Mental Health
The pro-gun crowd wants to beef up school security, but we can’t shoot our way out of this crisis.
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