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What to know about New Orleans’ post-Katrina charter school boom : NPR

What to know about New Orleans’ post-Katrina charter school boom : NPR

Last fall, for the first time since Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans’ school district opened a new school of its own, The Leah Chase School. Emily Kask for NPR/‎ hide caption toggle caption Emily Kask for NPR/‎ When charter schools began replacing public schools in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary was one of the city’s holdouts. “I …

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