By Raynard Sanders, Ed.D. | Originally Published at EmpathyEducates. October 11, 2014 Kim Ueyama engages students in her geometry class at Carver Collegiate and Carver Preparatory Academies, December 17, 2013. (Photo by Ted Jackson, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune) Every year post Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, charter [...]
Fraud, financial mismanagement, lousy results: Reports highlight awful charter schools and people are catching on By Jeff Bryant | Originally Published at Salon. October 2, 2014 8:30 AM Diane Ravitch and Michelle Rhee; drawing by James Ferguson Last week when former President Bill Clinton meandered onto the [...]
Photograph; Prekindergartners at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School for Science and Technology in New Orleans practice singing "Jingle Bell Rock" in preparation for their upcoming holiday show. | Christopher Powers/Education Week There are Miracles that never were and those that flourish unabated. Who could [...]
Photograph Source The Advocate By Raynard Sanders, Ed.D. | Originally Published at EmpathyEducates. September 20, 2014 On Friday September 19, 2014 Louisiana’s First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled "in favor" of Research on Reforms (ROR) citing that the Louisiana Department of Education was wrong in not releasing [...]
Photograph; New Orleans Students. NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune archive) Introductory Reflection by Raynard Sanders, Ed.D., Host of The New Orleans Imperative The term "High Standards" is a part of the education reformer$ in Louisiana daily script. For the past nine years they have been quick to point [...]
A teacher appreciation week banner from August 2005 remained in the library at George Washington Carver High School when it was photographed 14 months later. (The Times-Picayune archive) By Sue Sturgis | Originally Published at Facing South. August 27, 2014 3:18 PM When Hurricane Katrina struck the [...]
By Brett Dickerson | Originally Published at Life At The Intersections. August 25, 2014 | Eight in 10 pupils in New Orleans attend charter schools, which are non-unionised and operate largely independently. Photograph: Julie Dermansky for the Guardian Julie Dermansky/Guardian It’s now clear that not everyone in [...]
Photograph; Arthur Ashe, an independent charter school in the state's Recovery School District, students prepare for LEAP exams. | Advocate staff photo By John McCusker Introductory Essay By Raynard Sanders, Ed.D., an Educator, a former John McDonogh School Principal and a New Orleans resident For years the [...]
You likely heard the stories. You've seen it in the papers. Oprah too sang the praises. In New Orleans, we have witnessed a Miracle. Finally the city is able to provide an excellent education. Yes, the skies opened up. The rains fell. The area was flooded. And [...]
