charter schools

Last week 2007 Echoing Green Fellow John Alford was quoted by the Washington Post in an article on the rise of charter schools in post-Katrina New Orleans. Since the hurricane ended, charter school enrollment in New Orleans has grown from 2 percent of 67,000 public school students to 53 percent of 33,000 students according to the Post. John is just one of many like-minded individuals who has recognized the city’s tragedy as an opportunity for social change.