LFC Daily News Clips | October 18, 2016
Good Morning
Uptown Messenger and Gambit with coverage of the New Orleans School Board races.
Superintendent John White makes the case in The Daily Beast (with Joel Klein) for dramatic intervention – replacing persistently failing schools.
Enjoy your day. – Paul
Tweet of the Day
American Federation for Children
AFC Blog – Schultz: Breaking the cycle of poverty http://bit.ly/2dYhRov
School Choice
Times Picayune/NOLA.com: Learn more about kindergarten options in New Orleans, Jefferson http://bit.ly/2dosbna
The 74: Research Shows Students Can Benefit When a School Closes — but Only If There Are Better Ones to Attend http://bit.ly/2doC1W6
Education Week: School Closures Work if There are Better Schools for Students to go to, Study Finds http://bit.ly/2dxix4Q
The Daily Beast: The Urgent Moral Case for Replacing Persistently Failing Schools http://thebea.st/2eqTr6y
Charter Schools
The Hechinger Report: Charter backers can stop the NAACP moratorium — by meeting these four demands http://bit.ly/2eec3HU
The 74: As NAACP Votes for Charter Moratorium, School Families Rally Outside http://bit.ly/2e22jDG
The Daily Signal: Backlash Ensues After NAACP Ratifies Charter School Ban http://bit.ly/2dXVcIO
The Washington Post: B The NAACP opposes charter schools. Maybe it should do its homework. http://wapo.st/2eiHe85
Education Reform
Gambit: A crucial school board election in New Orleans http://bit.ly/2eN6NNm
Uptown Messenger: District 6 School Board election pits incumbent against neighborhood activist http://bit.ly/2ee5Ywp
The Advocate: How to revamp Louisiana public school letters grades bubbling controversy http://bit.ly/2edQto9
The Advocate: Free college won’t help kids trapped in troubled schools http://bit.ly/2ehnrkA
The Advocate: Letters: Teachers’ union supports residency program for teachers http://bit.ly/2ep5d07
Louisiana Weekly: Black Lives Matter takes on education disparities http://bit.ly/2eN71Uz
NYMag.com: Laurene Powell Jobs’s $100 Million Mission to Disrupt American High School http://nym.ag/2e4B0bQ