New Orleans has been portrayed as a school choice success story by many anti-public education voices, including some in Kansas. This piece from the New Orleans Tribune is informative.
“This brings us to the bogus notion of school ‘choice’ that reformers have held up as a blessing for parents and students, when, in fact, the only entities that exercise any real choice in admissions have been the charter schools—not parents, not students.
“Unelected boards not bound to parents or taxpayers determining school policies and deciding how money is spent.
“Many parents even uncertain as to who they could or should call if they had problems, questions or complaints—the OPSB member they elected or the board actually governing the school.
“Kids waiting in the early dawn to catch a school bus from one part of the city to another and getting home at dusk because neighborhood schools have become non-existent. And even if there was one just a block away from home, the question became was it a quality school? And even if it was, could your child get a seat there?”
http://www.theneworleanstribune.com/main/faking-the-grade/
Originally posted on Facebook November 22, 2017