The Coup d'État of the New Orleans Public Schools: Money, Power, and the Illegal Takeover of a Public School System

ISBN-13: 9781433137440 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 300 str.

Raynard Sanders

Opis

The Coup D'etat of the New Orleans Public School District explores and criticizes the contemporary educational reforms of the New Orleans public school system.

Recenzje

"Illegal. Fraudulent. Criminal. Unconstitutional. These words merely understate the dehumanizing abuses the families, children and educators in New Orleans are continuing to fight back against. When I lived there and worked at the University of New Orleans, in close partnership with the public schools, I was inspired by the rich cultural heritage preserved and passed on in neighborhood institutions, including the city schools. What has been done to the schools and neighborhoods in this city is nothing short of war-not only against the Black community but also against freedom and democracy. It is my fervent hope that in the tradition of David Walker's 1829 Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World, Raynard Sanders's meticulously researched and courageous eye-witness testimony, The Coup D'état of the New Orleans Public Schools, will also serve as a radicalizing wake-up call to those of us who cherish liberation and believe in defending human freedom. Let us all say with the people of New Orleans: 'We won't bow down. We don't know how.'"-Joyce E. King, Benjamin E. Mays Endowed Chair for Urban Teaching, Learning and Leadership, Georgia State University

Spis treści

Foreword - Acknowledgments - The Coup D'état - Privatizing Public Education: New Orleans the Perfect Place - Intended and Unintended Consequences: The Assault - School Communities Disenfranchised and Destroyed - The New Orleans Public School Gold Rush - Old Lessons Learned in New Orleans - Glossary - Appendix A: Picard Letter to the Department of Education - Appendix B: Act No. 35 - Appendix C: Charter School Grant Program Amounts Allocated to Charter Schools - Appendix D: Louisiana's 7th Grade Cohort Graduation Rate - Appendix E: Reasons for Judgement, Eddy Oliver versus Orleans Parish School Board - Appendix F: Carver Civil Rights Complaint - Appendix G: Civil Rights Complaint on School - Appendix H: Data Sharing Agreement - Appendix I: Act No. 91 - Index.

O autorze

Raynard Sanders has over forty years' experience in education in numerous capacities. Most recently he co-authored Twenty-First-Century Jim Crow Schools: The Impact of Charters on Public Education. Dr. Sanders received his Bachelor of Arts from Dillard University, his Masters of Educational Administration from Southern University, and his Doctorate of Education from Teachers College, Columbia University.