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I come from a family of educators and have spent my four years in New Orleans getting involved with as much of the “Great Education Experiment” here as possible. So the opportunity to intern this semester with the Cowen Institute was obviously a really exciting one for me, and a great way to cap off [...]
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Each semester, the Cowen Institute hosts Tulane undergraduates that are completing their required internship through the Center for Public Service. This is a guest post written by a research intern offering up his perspective on his experience, some of his most important research findings, and his thoughts on public education in New Orleans.
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Each semester, the Cowen Institute hosts Tulane undergraduates that are completing their required internship through the Center for Public Service. This is a guest post written by a research intern offering up his perspective on his experience, some of his most important research findings, and his thoughts on public education in New Orleans.
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Last Thursday, April 5th, we released a new report in our Spotlight on Choice project that looks at the role of private schools in the New Orleans system of school choice through the Student Scholarships for Education Excellence (or, “voucher”) pilot program. That same day, the Louisiana House of Representatives gave final approval to legislation creating a new statewide publicly-funded private school voucher program.
The crux of the statewide voucher program remains the same as the pilot program in New Orleans, providing low and moderate income families public funding to attend a private school instead of a poor performing public school. However, there are also several important differences. In this blog post, we’ve outlined the similarities and differences between the New Orleans pilot program and the new statewide program.
IMPORTANT ALERT! State Funding for Louisiana teachers to receive free AP training!
| May 8, 2012