NPR: A new way of educating in NOLA
Source: National Public Radio
A year-and-a-half ago, most of the homes in the middle-class Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans were vacant or obscured by piles of debris. Today, most of the trash is gone.
But the people are still missing. It's the grim view that [James] Meza sees on his way to work every day.
Still, he feels his schools are clearly helping the surrounding neighborhoods. Meza says that before Katrina, he wasn't always this connected to the world outside the university.
"Katrina has given us an avenue to engage in real-world experience and to assume some responsibility for outcomes, and to be a major player in the recovery effort," Meza says.
The recovery effort at Pierre A. Capdau Charter School shows just how overwhelming this task is.
An excellent piece on charter schools in the city. I think one thing most Americans can agree on is that radical (and I mean RADICAL) changes are needed throughout the public school system. Here's a peek at one effort and how it might be changing the way future educators will tackle similar problems across the country.
