Whatever era of boom or bust we’re in, it seems we never stop working on healthcare, or on education.
Locally, in education, New Orleans is the only city in the United States where 100 percent of our public schools are charter schools. What started out as a post-Katrina experiment has become a nationwide trend setting model. The Executive Director of the Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools, Caroline Roemer Shirley, explains the revolutionary new business model to Peter Ricchiuti on this episode of Out to Lunch.
In healthcare, although here in New Orleans we are spending millions of dollars constructing hospitals, the Katrina-decimation of the healthcare system has not led to any sweeping city-wide change. That, instead, is left to individuals. Like Lena Sendik. Lena is the owner and CEO of Balance Integrative Health, a new medical clinic that offers traditional Western medicine as well as alternatives, from acupuncture to Ayurveda.
