Reporter Colleen Kimmett appears on the Real News Network discusses her recent investigative story that revealed that 10 years after Hurricane Katrina led to the wholesale privatization of New Orleans’ school system, public schools still dramatically outperform charters.
Exposing the Myth of New Orleans Charter School ‘Miracle,’ 10 Years After Katrina
Miles Kampf-Lassin September 15, 2015
Miles Kampf-Lassin, a graduate of New York University’s Gallatin School in Deliberative Democracy and Globalization, is a Web Editor at In These Times. Follow him on Twitter @MilesKLassin
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