Since Hurricane Katrina, there has been much written about the success of turning our democratically run public school system into system of independently run charter schools. Many people may not be aware of the volume of articles written about the harsh reality of the charter school reform movement and its affect on communities and of course, the education of students across the country. We have put together a very short list from both local writers as well as, national journalists, bloggers, and researchers.
ARTICLES ON NEW ORLEANS CHARTER SCHOOLS
New Orleans Charter School Problems Exposed At NAACP Hearing
The Huffington Post, April 2017
Lessons from New Orleans
Solidarity, April 2017
New Orleans’ uphill battle for more black and homegrown teachers -
The Hechinger Report, October 2016
10 Years After Katrina, New Orleans’ All-Charter School System Has Proven a Failure
In These Times, August 28 2016
Colonizing the Black Natives: Reflections from a former NOLA Charter School Dean of Students
Cloaking Inequity, March 2014
Celebrating Ten Years of Post-Katrina, New Orleans Charters– And You Are Not Invited
deutsch29, December 2014
The Great Charter Tryout
News Week, September, 2013
Hostile Takeover: Can New Orleans’ Public Schools Recover from the Recovery?
Antigravity Magazine, September 2013
Recovery School District will be country's first all-charter district in September 2014
NOLA.com, December 2013
The Deceptive Promise of Charter Schools: A New Orleans Case Study
Classroom Struggle, February 2012
ARTICLES ON THE NATIONAL CHARTER SCHOOL DEBATE
Democrats and Devos: Partners in the Illusion of School Choice?
Truth-Out.org, July 2017
New charter schools debate: Are they widening racial divides in public education?
The Washington Post, May 2016
Who Needs Charters When You Have Public Schools Like These?
The New York Times, April 2017
Where Did All the Black Teachers Go?
The New York Times, April 2017
When Reforming Education Means Destroying Communities
The Huffington Post, May 2011
FOLLOWING THE MONEY
A Walmart Fortune, Spreading Charter Schools
NYTimes.com, April 2014
The ChildrenMust Play: What The US Could Learn From Finland About Education
The New Republic, January 2011
Millions of dollars in fraud, waste found in charter school sector
The Washington Post, April 2015
Why Democrats Should Unite On A Charter School Moratorium
Education Opportunity Network, July 2017
Got Dough? How Billionaires Rule Our Schools | Dissent Magazine
Dissent, July 2011
EDUCATION AND DEMOCRACY
Make School a Democracy
The New York Times February 2015
Dismantling Public Education: Turning Ideology into Gold
Institute for New Economic Thinking March 2017
School vouchers don't just undermine public schools, they undermine our democracy
LA Times May 2017