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Charter School City - What the End of Traditional Public Schools in New Orleans Means for American Education (Paperback)
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Charter School City - What the End of Traditional Public Schools in New Orleans Means for American Education (Paperback)
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In the wake of the tragedy and destruction that came with Hurricane
Katrina in 2005, public schools in New Orleans became part of an
almost unthinkable experiment--eliminating the traditional public
education system and completely replacing it with charter schools
and school choice. Fifteen years later, the results have been
remarkable, and the complex lessons learned should alter the way we
think about American education. New Orleans became the first US
city ever to adopt a school system based on the principles of
markets and economics. When the state took over all of the city's
public schools, it turned them over to non-profit charter school
managers accountable under performance-based contracts. Students
were no longer obligated to attend a specific school based upon
their address, allowing families to act like consumers and choose
schools in any neighborhood. The teacher union contract, tenure,
and certification rules were eliminated, giving schools autonomy
and control to hire and fire as they pleased. In Charter School
City, Douglas N. Harris provides an inside look at how and why
these reform decisions were made and offers many surprising
findings from one of the most extensive and rigorous evaluations of
a district school reform ever conducted. Through close examination
of the results, Harris finds that this unprecedented experiment was
a noteworthy success on almost every measurable student outcome.
But, as Harris shows, New Orleans was uniquely situated for these
reforms to work well and that this market-based reform still
required some specific and active roles for government. Letting
free markets rule on their own without government involvement will
not generate the kinds of changes their advocates suggest.
Combining the evidence from New Orleans with that from other
cities, Harris draws out the broader lessons of this unprecedented
reform effort. At a time when charter school debates are more based
on ideology than data, this book is a powerful, evidence-based, and
in-depth look at how we can rethink the roles for governments,
markets, and non-profit organizations in education to ensure that
America's schools and fulfill their potential for all students.
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