10 Years After Katrina, Investigation Reveals Cracks in All-Charter School System

After Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana decided to put all failing public schools on the open market as a way of overhauling them. A decade later, various cities and states throughout the U.S. have come up with their own charter school experiments, and are closely watching to see the outcomes of New Orleans.

Two main reports have examined academic success over the last nine years. On paper, the results look good. On the 10th anniversary of Katrina, the New Orleans’ Recovery School District (RSD) could be considered a national model. The rate of graduation stands at 73 percent up from 56. In 2014, 63 percent of students in grades 3 to 8 managed to score “basic” or above on state standardized tests. This is a 30 percent increase from the previous year where 33 percent scored the same.

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Source: Your Black World News