New Orleans Yes, it snows in July in Florida. Yes, pigs are on the runway in Miami getting ready to fly, and it is not because of loosening travel restrictions in Cuba, but because finally after more than a dozen years of being the case study for anti-democratic vote suppression and election chaos, even Republican governor …
Month: January 2013
Steve Barr’s Charter School “Fake” Reality Show Outrages New Orleans Community
New Orleans This New Orleans high school on elegant Esplanade Avenue is called “John Mac,” short for John McDonogh High School. This was my “district” high school as a teenager in New Orleans. The imposing building isn’t two miles from Fair Grinds Coffeehouse, City Park, and Bayou St. John. But, somehow in the televised …
Lack of Outreach is Dooming College Income Based Diversity Initiatives
New Orleans I told you so. I hate to say this, but just for the record, we’ll get this out of the way. A couple of years ago when Harvard, followed by a small group of other high profile private colleges, announced an income blind admission policy and offered a free education to students coming …