The coup d'état of the New Orleans public schools : money, power, and the illegal takeover of a public school system / Raynard Sanders.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sanders, Raynard, author.

Contributor:

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Series:

Education and struggle ; v. 14.

Education and struggle : narrative, dialogue, and the political production of meaning ; vol. 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Segregation in education.

Racism in education.

Charter schools.

Urban schools.

Privatization in education.

Business and education.

Education and state.

Educational change.

Public schools.

Louisiana--New Orleans.

Public schools--Louisiana--New Orleans.

Educational change--Louisiana--New Orleans.

Education and state--Louisiana--New Orleans.

Business and education--Louisiana--New Orleans.

Privatization in education--Louisiana--New Orleans.

Urban schools--Louisiana--New Orleans.

Charter schools--Louisiana--New Orleans.

Racism in education--Louisiana--New Orleans.

Segregation in education--Louisiana--New Orleans.

Physical Description:

xv, 299 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Peter Lang, [2018]

Summary:

"The New Orleans education reforms implemented after Hurricane Katrina has been an academic failure with charter operators making millions of dollars while reestablishing a segregated school system based on race and class all in the name of school reform. This education reform, using the corporate model approach, has received more than its share of favorable reports by the media. Despite the claims of unprecedented academic success the educational reforms has it has been a dismal failure academically, operationally and has resurrected equity and access issues. Equally as disturbing the reforms firmly have re-established a tiered public school system that segregates students by race and class. The Coup D'état of the New Orleans Public School District puts the corporate education reform movement in its proper context, which is to create a new 21st century model for turning around America's urban public school districts. This book reveals untold events of what really happened pre and post Hurricane Katrina that contributed to the state takeover of public schools in New Orleans. This story is told through the eyes of parents, students, activists, political leaders, Orleans Parish School Board members and employees who have been largely ignored. It will also include my analysis of almost 40 years of being intimately involved in New Orleans public schools as a teacher, principal and college professor"-- Provided by publisher.

"The New Orleans education reforms implemented after Hurricane Katrina has been an academic failure with charter operators making millions of dollars while reestablishing a segregated school system based on race and class all in the name of school reform. This education reform, using the corporate model approach, has received more than its share of favorable reports by the media. Despite the claims of unprecedented academic success the educational reforms has it has been a dismal failure academically, operationally and has resurrected equity and access issues. Equally as disturbing the reforms firmly have re-established a tiered public school system that segregates students by race and class. The Coup D'état of the New Orleans Public School District puts the corporate education reform movement in its proper context, which is to create a new 21st century model for turning around America's urban public school districts. This book reveals untold events of what really happened pre and post Hurricane Katrina that contributed to the state takeover of public schools in New Orleans. This story is told through the eyes of parents, students, activists, political leaders, Orleans Parish School Board members and employees who have been largely ignored. It will also include my analysis of almost 40 years of being intimately involved in New Orleans public schools as a teacher, principal and college professor"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The coup d'état

Privatize public education: New Orleans the perfect place

Intended and unintended consequences; the assault on the children and the citizens in New Orleans

School communities disenfranchised and destroyed

The New Orleans public school gold rush

New Orleans publicly funded private school system.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781433137440

1433137445

OCLC:

1030444120

Publisher Number:

99977869990