It’s no exaggeration at all to say that for many who claim to be part of a “school reform” movement, the goal really is to get rid of traditional public schools.
If that sounds like an unreasonable conclusion to you, cast your eyes toward New Orleans where the last traditional public schools were just closed for good.
Writing for the Washington Post, Lindsay Layton reported the NOLA district closed the remaining neighborhood schools as part of a “grand experiment in urban education for the nation,” shifting local control of public schools by voters and their elected representatives to privately