Charter Schools: Why Can’t Republicans Make This Issue A Winner?

By: Steve Maley (Diary)  |  December 27th at 09:20 PM  | 

Charter schools work – on so many levels. Charter schools educate kids. Charter schools promote local control and parental involvement. Charter schools succeed in stark contrast to the failed policies of the NEA and the Department of Education. One New Orleans charter school changes the culture, sees the results New Orleans’ corrupt, decrepit Orleans Parish School Board was mortally wounded before Katrina. The State-run Recovery | Read More »

New Orleans’ Grand Experiment: Report Card on Charter Schools

By: Steve Maley (Diary)  |  May 21st at 10:59 AM  | 

New Orleans’ students are scoring better on standardized tests, thanks in no small part to the large number of charter schools operating in the city post-Katrina. Not only have the students in the charter schools benefited, it would appear that the system in general is improving as more traditional schools respond to the competition. Orleans Parish LEAP scores show charter schools lead the way New | Read More »