Walter Isaacson, President of the Aspen Institute, stresses the importance of charter school companies in rebuilding the educational system of New Orleans and other areas effected by Hurricane Katrina at The Brookings Institution.

Posted by Staff on February 21, 2006 |

Isaacson says that there is support from the United States Department of Education to eliminate the school board’s control and introduce competing charter schools. (0:36)

 
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February 21, 2006
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