In the 1990s, New Orleans schools provided little respite from the lockdowns, the arrests, the drug use, and the violence seen and heard at home, Oscar Brown recalls.
Students develop reading, science, music, and spatial skills at New Orleans charter schools in these file photos. New Orleans’ shift to an all-charter system was driven by efforts to address struggling public schools and low graduation rates after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city in 2005. Courtesy of Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools
Students develop reading, science, music, and spatial skills at New Orleans charter schools in these file photos. New Orleans’ shift to an all-charter system was driven by efforts to address struggling public schools and low graduation rates after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city in 2005. Courtesy of Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools
