Education and Human Development

ashana bigardA parent advocate says run—don’t walk—from New Orleans-style school choice

By Ashana Bigard, originally posted on EduShyster.comWhen I talk about *choice* in New Orleans I use quotations with both fingers and I wink too. Supposedly we have what’s called a *choice model for excellent education* but the reality is that the overwhelming majority of schools in New Orleans now operate the exact same way. 

After the state of Arizona banned ethnic studies, Tucson school district followed suit and pulled a number of books, mostly by Latino authors, from classrooms.  I

By Lance Hill.  Crossposted from Justice Roars. On September 22 the Census Bureau released information from their 2010 annual American Community Survey based on a poll of 2,500 people in New Orleans.

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