{"id":44424,"date":"2014-06-02T07:00:59","date_gmt":"2014-06-02T12:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=44424"},"modified":"2014-05-29T22:11:12","modified_gmt":"2014-05-30T03:11:12","slug":"the-revolution-will-be-nitpicked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=44424","title":{"rendered":"The Revolution Will Be Nitpicked"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New Orleans school district has just shut down its last five “traditional” public schools<\/a>\u00a0and converted the district to 100% charter schools.<\/p>\n

And the Educational-Industrial Complex is going to go crazy about it.<\/p>\n

With the start of the next school year, the Recovery School District will be the first in the country made up completely of public charter schools, a milestone for New Orleans and a grand experiment in urban education for the nation.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course, charters started in Minnesota – and have caught on both in Minnesota and nationwide primarily among “underserved communities” – immigrant, Latino and especially African-American students. \u00a044 of students in the District of Columbia attend charter schools. \u00a0But in New Orleans – whose city district was among the worst in the nation before Katrina forced an epic reboot – the district embarked on a radical experiment in school choice.<\/p>\n

And it’s galling the hell out of the factory schoolmasters.<\/p>\n

The creation of the country\u2019s first all-charter school system has improved education for many children in New Orleans, but it also has severed ties to a community institution, the neighborhood school<\/strong>, and amplified concerns about racial equality and loss of parental control<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m not sure if it’s because the media have no idea how education really works, or they’re buying into propaganda from the educational-industrial complex – but they always seem to read their chanting points from Big Education handouts.<\/p>\n

Facts:<\/p>\n