Reply #2: The entire (charter) school system in New Orleans, which is replacing the public schools, [View All]

[Swamp Rat]

is going to be based on standardized testing. The school board is firing all the career teachers with advanced degrees and teaching certificates, and replacing them with Teach For America people, who have little or no experience, nor advanced degrees and certificates. These new hires are very young from out of state, and are paid much lower wages. I watched a city council meeting today, and they discussed changing the entire system where advanced education and seniority will no longer be considered for teaching positions, nor teacher retention and raises. Teachers will be promoted and given raises solely based on standardized test scores of the students. Oh, private banks are buying the schools though sponsorship, and they are the driving force behind these changes. Other changes include: elimination of art and language classes.

This is the new business model which will replace all public education here. Of course, this is easy for them to do since we are still in recovery from hurricane Katrina.