Public Schools, Private Governance: Education Reform and Democracy in New Orleans

by J. Celeste Lay

Two months after Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana took control of nearly all the public schools in New Orleans. Today, all of the city's public schools are charter schools. Although many analyses mark the beginning of education reform in New Orleans with Katrina, in Public Schools, Private Governance, J. Celeste Layargues that the storm merely accelerated the timeline for reforms that had inched along incrementally over the previous decade...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439922632
• ISBN13: 9781439922637
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 249 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"