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New Orleans finally has control of its own schools, but will all parents really have a say?

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NEW ORLEANS — Frank Rabalais had big plans for the school just around the corner from his house in Gentilly Terrace, a leafy neighborhood that is one the most racially and socioeconomically diverse corners of the city. The charter school that was closing was 98 percent black. Celeste Lay, a Tulane political science professor.

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Learn more about: “Weaving our Liberations: Navigational Relationality and Chamorro Refusal in Låguas and Gåni”

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Project Title: Weaving our Liberations: Navigational Relationality and Chamorro Refusal in Låguas and Gåni Samantha Barnettt, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Samantha Marley Barnett is a PhD candidate in the Indigenous politics program in the political science department at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

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In Puerto Rico, the odds are against high school grads who want to go to college

The Hechinger Report

Morales ended up enrolling at the University of Puerto Rico, where she finished in December with a degree in political science. As a graduate of a high school in Puerto Rico, she was beating the odds even to accomplish that. “The only way I know that this can be changed is when there’s access to higher education.”.

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Are Educators a Natural Fit for Public Office? These Candidates Think So

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Jonathan Collins, an assistant professor of political science and education at Columbia University’s Teachers College, adds that individuals who prioritize public service and volunteerism are more likely to engage with civic and political organizations. “You That gave me the nudge to go over the line: ‘I’ve gotta step up.’”

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The school choice plan that is controversial, even in Texas

The Hechinger Report

They’re familiar rituals in rural communities throughout the state, where public schools can play an outsized role, serving as social and cultural hubs, major employers and sources of collective pride and community identity. “I Related: School choice had a big moment in the pandemic. But is it what parents want for the long run?

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State takeovers of ‘failing’ schools are increasing, but with little evidence they help students

The Hechinger Report

Though the first state interventions were by Republican governors, in the 1990s and 2000s education-reform-minded Democratic governors began doing the same, said Domingo Morel, a New York University political science professor who wrote a book on the history of takeovers.

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Luring Covid-cautious parents back to school

The Hechinger Report

Vladimir Kogan, an associate professor of political science at Ohio State University, said that parents become more willing to send their children to school when districts are open for full-time, in-person instruction — and remove other options. “It Be the same Daniel Tiger that your teachers are accustomed to,” she said.

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