No matter which era of recent U.S. history we look back on, we seem to be constantly working on two issues: healthcare and education.
The debate at the center of these discussions is often financial. Where is Federal or state money for reform going to come from? And if reform is privately funded, how are these fundamental requirements distributed equally?
In Louisiana — and especially here in New Orleans — healthcare and education are going down their own unique, and very different paths. New Orleans is the only city in the United States where one hundred percent of our public schools are charter schools. What started out as a post-Katrina experiment has become a nationwide trendsetting model.
