New Orleans Charter Schools Get $25M Private Investment
The Texas-based Laura and John Arnold Foundation will invest $25 million to help create and expand high-performing charter schools in New Orleans.
The foundation focuses its investments across the country in the areas of education, criminal justice, public accountability and research integrity.
"The future of our country rests on our ability to educate our kids," Caprice Young, vice president of education at the Arnold Foundation, told The Advocate (http://bit.ly/TrBK48). "Everything stems from that."
Source: CTPost. Read full article. (link)
Editor's Note: We invite comments and request that they be civil and on-topic. We do not moderate or assume any responsibility for comments, which are owned by the readers who post them. Comments do not represent the views of Reason.com or Reason Foundation. We reserve the right to delete any comment for any reason at any time.