The Edu­ca­tion Research Alliance for New Orleans invites you to attend a vir­tu­al pre­sen­ta­tion on Mon­day, Novem­ber 1, on the top­ic of how school choice reforms in New Orleans affect­ed youth crime. Join us on [Zoom](https://tulane.zoom.us/j/96728595539). The post-Kat­ri­na school reforms result­ed in New Orleans becom­ing the nation’s first almost-all char­ter school dis­trict. Some argue that these changes have led to fam­i­lies find­ing schools that bet­ter meet their needs and stu­dents spend­ing more time in school, which may reduce youth crime rates. Oth­ers have expressed con­cern that char­ter schools may use over­ly strict dis­ci­pline, which may be relat­ed to the school-to-prison pipeline. This study pro­vides evi­dence on these var­i­ous con­cerns by inves­ti­gat­ing how the New Orleans reforms affect­ed youth crim­i­nal behav­ior. Lan Nguyen will share find­ings from this study, done with co-authors Stephen Barnes and Dou­glas N. Har­ris, in this vir­tu­al brown bag. To access the online dis­cus­sion, down­load Zoom and click on the link above. Please note that these find­ings are pre­lim­i­nary and should not be shared out­side of the brown bag.