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The Post-Katrina New Orleans School Reforms: Implications for National School Reform and the Role of Government

A commentary from Doug Harris on the New Orleans school reforms, why they are so revolutionary, and the implications of these reforms on a national scale.

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The Post-Katrina New Orleans School Reforms: Implications for National School Reform and the Role of Government

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by Douglas N. Harris

The Post-Kat­ri­na New Orleans school reforms are his­tor­i­cal­ly unprece­dent­ed in their rejec­tion of the typ­i­cal sys­tem of pub­lic edu­ca­tion. In his remarks at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Michi­gan’s Ford School of Pub­lic Pol­i­cy, Har­ris argues that not only are these reforms rad­i­cal, but that they are rel­e­vant and sig­nif­i­cant, and that fur­ther evi­dence on the effects of these reforms real­ly does mat­ter, not just to New Orleans, but to the nation as a whole.

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