The Transformation of a School System

Principal, Teacher, and Parent Perceptions of Charter and Traditional Schools in Post-Katrina New Orleans

Jennifer L. Steele, Georges Vernez, Michael A. Gottfried, Michael Schwam-Baird

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Hurricane Katrina set the stage for a transformation of public education in New Orleans, replacing the city's existing school system with a decentralized choice-based system of both charter and district-run schools. Using principal, teacher, and parent surveys administered three years after Katrina, this study examined schools' governance and operations, educational contexts, educator quality and mobility, and parental choice and involvement. The authors note that questions still remain about the variation in schools' policies and practices in the wake of the reform and about parents' experiences in an environment of school choice.

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  • Year: 2011
  • Pages: 164
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Steele, Jennifer L., Georges Vernez, Michael A. Gottfried, and Michael Schwam-Baird, The Transformation of a School System: Principal, Teacher, and Parent Perceptions of Charter and Traditional Schools in Post-Katrina New Orleans, RAND Corporation, TR-1145-TUV, 2011. As of November 29, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1145.html

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Steele, Jennifer L., Georges Vernez, Michael A. Gottfried, and Michael Schwam-Baird, The Transformation of a School System: Principal, Teacher, and Parent Perceptions of Charter and Traditional Schools in Post-Katrina New Orleans. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2011. https://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1145.html.
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This work was prepared for the Scott S. Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiatives at Tulane University. The research was conducted in RAND Education, a unit of the RAND Corporation.

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