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Nola actually has more than a few nice charter facilities for HS with more on the way
Posted on 12/5/20 at 7:53 am
Posted on 12/5/20 at 7:53 am
Just voted at Crocker Prep. That building is just as nice as the wealthy public high school I went to in NOVA. Sophie B Wright also has a newer nice and maintained building and Cohen is getting one right now. That’s three neighborhood high schools I could basically throw a baseball to from where I live that actually have nice facilities. Not to mention lusher as well up on freret.
I’m curious where the funding for these came from and if the charter school system is actually starting to slowly work. At least you have a nice building and facilities for the kids to use. Obviously what follows is filling them with a good staff and being able to get the kids to want to learn.
This boards biggest gripe with local education seems to be that no matter how much people claim they need more money to make these schools work a lot of the kids and parents don’t seem interested in investing themselves to become successful, making the efforts to improve the schools on the part of the government pretty fruitless.
Still nice to see Nola getting some schools that at least in terms of facilities seem on par with areas with economies that are far above NOLA’s weight class.
I’m curious where the funding for these came from and if the charter school system is actually starting to slowly work. At least you have a nice building and facilities for the kids to use. Obviously what follows is filling them with a good staff and being able to get the kids to want to learn.
This boards biggest gripe with local education seems to be that no matter how much people claim they need more money to make these schools work a lot of the kids and parents don’t seem interested in investing themselves to become successful, making the efforts to improve the schools on the part of the government pretty fruitless.
Still nice to see Nola getting some schools that at least in terms of facilities seem on par with areas with economies that are far above NOLA’s weight class.
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Posted on 12/5/20 at 7:55 am to jlovel7
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Crocker Prep.
Posted on 12/5/20 at 7:58 am to jlovel7
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that actually have nice facilities
That isn't what makes a good school. I've seen lots of nice brick and mortar structures that house some of the worst schools imaginable. But I hope the NO charters are giving the kids a better education than the old public schools.
Posted on 12/5/20 at 8:01 am to SloaneRanger
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That isn't what makes a good school. I've seen lots of nice brick and mortar structures that house some of the worst schools imaginable. But I hope the NO charters are giving the kids a better education than the old public schools.
You’re not wrong but I feel like NOLA charters have had a heavier quality staff to facility ratio for a few years now so it’s nice to see this get figured out.
Posted on 12/5/20 at 8:02 am to jlovel7
The good charters are really good, the bad charters are really bad. New Orleans is a great example of what charters can be if they aren't being targeted and harassed by the local school district for taking their kids.
Posted on 12/5/20 at 8:48 am to jlovel7
Many of them were rebuilt with Katrina money.
The new facilities are indeed very nice. I hope they are maintained.
The Charter system is working in New Orleans. It allows good schools to rise and thrive, and the bad ones that are struggling to be identified and changed.
That process could be improved (always), but at least we are seeing overall improvement to the school system which was abysmal in the 1990’s - 2000’s.
The problem remains that poor performance of students is baked in by bad parenting from the time of birth throughout school age.
Asking teachers to educate (fix) these kids is equivalent to asking the police, judges, and corrections officials to fix the criminals. There is only so much improvement that can be made. You strive to improve the ones you can and accept that the percentage of success will be way smaller than you hope for.
The new facilities are indeed very nice. I hope they are maintained.
The Charter system is working in New Orleans. It allows good schools to rise and thrive, and the bad ones that are struggling to be identified and changed.
That process could be improved (always), but at least we are seeing overall improvement to the school system which was abysmal in the 1990’s - 2000’s.
The problem remains that poor performance of students is baked in by bad parenting from the time of birth throughout school age.
Asking teachers to educate (fix) these kids is equivalent to asking the police, judges, and corrections officials to fix the criminals. There is only so much improvement that can be made. You strive to improve the ones you can and accept that the percentage of success will be way smaller than you hope for.
Posted on 12/5/20 at 9:40 am to jlovel7
They get public funding and don't have to deal with unions and corrupt school boards. The money they get actually goes to the schools, teachers and students. It is a very novel concept in public education. This is why all public educators fight and resist charter schools.
Posted on 12/5/20 at 10:14 am to jlovel7
Edna Karr's new campus opened this fall. Here is a pic from last year's construction.
This post was edited on 12/5/20 at 10:15 am
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