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Students Evaluate New Orleans Public Schools

Principal Ben Kleban
Principal Ben Kleban

By Angela Taylor

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wwno/local-wwno-938647.mp3

New Orleans, LA – In the five years since Hurricane Katrina, public education in New Orleans has radically changed. The state-run Recovery School District took over the vast majority of the city's public schools and has transformed most of them into privately run charters. Angela Taylor presents a portrait of how students are faring with the new system.

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