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High School Journal, 2010
Before Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans on August 29, 2005, one hundred and twenty one schools in the New Orleans Public Schools (NOPS) system were in the process of being transferred to the newly created, state run Recovery School District (RSD). On September 29, 2005, the New Orleans Parish School Board fired all 7500 employees, including every…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Story Telling, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods
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Buras, Kristen L. – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2009
In cities across the United States, working-class communities of color find themselves struggling against inequities deepened by state disinvestment. Students at the Center--a writing initiative based in several public high schools in New Orleans over the last decade--has been a part of this struggle and embraces a pedagogy rooted in the voices,…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Charter Schools, School Choice, Educational Change