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SILVER SPRING, Md. – Aug. 24, 2015 – In recognition of the 10-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, TV One’s News One Now dedicates an entire show to exploring the controversy surrounding the rebuilding and reorganization of New Orleans’ once failing...

The New Orleans Charter School Revolution: Ten Years After Katrina — A Parent’s Story Corinne Celestine, a parent of two, shares just how far she is willing to go to ensure her children get the best education. The New Orleans Charter School Revolution...

As education in Arkansas continues to move toward the privatized version favored by the Walton Family Foundation and other billionaires, you'll likely hear the New Orleans charter school 'miracle' invoked. This is the conversion of most New Orleans public...

Reader Comments - ACTION NEEDED - Stop Iraq Executions; Voting Rights Act; Martin Luther King and Nonviolence; Our Postal Commons; De Blasio's Election; Imagine: Living in a Socialist USA; Tuition-Free Public College Education; New Orleans Teachers and...

Where most saw a city in despair, they saw an ideological play toy. Americans love, above all, a narrative. Preferably a moral one, marked by a clear good and evil. For many so-called “school reformers,” the tragedy of Katrina, which marks its ten-year...