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The state Recovery School District currently runs seven schools in north Baton Rouge. The RSD is planning to put new charter schools on those campuses…
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Former Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch spent years advocating for an overhaul of the American education system. Now she criticizes changes that she used to support, like charter schools and school choice. She explains her reasoning in Reign of Error, her new book on the pitfalls of privatizing education.
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New Schools for Baton Rouge is endeavoring to start 20 schools in the capitol city by 2017. The non-profit's leader, Chris Meyer, was previously an…
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The charter school movement turns 21 this year and the latest study shows kids in most charter schools are doing as well or better in reading and math than their counterparts in traditional public schools. But now, leading charter school supporters are questioning that study.
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Journalist Sarah Carr spent a year chronicling the lives of a skeptical teenager, a fresh-faced teacher, and a veteran principal in three separate charter…
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For-profit public school management is on the decline across the country. In 2007 about half of charter schools that entered into management contracts did…
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Jim talks with Republican consultant Sally Nungesser about the deal reached in Washington to avoid the "fiscal cliff".Then, Jim talks with Thrive Baton…
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The Recovery School District is announcing plans for an "Achievement Zone" in north Baton Rouge where the schools have been failing for decades.As part of…