New at Reason: Proven Policies to Fix Failing Schools

March 15, 2010

In a companion piece to the second episode of Reason Saves Cleveland With Drew Carey, "Fix the Schools," Reason Foundation education expert Lisa Snell writes,

Cleveland's school system should look to New Orleans for guidance on how to turn things around. New Orleans has been on its heels economically for a long time, well before 2005's Hurricane Katrina destroyed much of the city's infrastructure, including school buildings. More than 100 schools were closed statewide in Louisiana as a result of the storm, displacing approximately 118,000 school-age children. In the wake of Katrina, state officials encouraged school choice by facilitating charters and giving administrators broad leeway to get schools operational, often in non-traditional settings.

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