tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post1001456567549547530..comments2024-02-24T19:49:45.687-05:00Comments on Schools Matter: "The best thing that happened to the education system in New Orleans"?James Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04462754705431590571noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post-72377563428718620212010-05-20T20:45:35.249-04:002010-05-20T20:45:35.249-04:00Here's something else: Katrina Bulkley's E...Here's something else: Katrina Bulkley's EPIC review @ http://epicpolicy.org/thinktank/review-fix-city...<br /><br />1. Performance went up, but similar improvements are found in the years prior to Hurricane Katrina. From 2002 to 2005, school performance scores went up about 10 points and this was before Katrina. Also, during both the pre-Katrina and post-Katrina periods, scores went up in the state as a whole. The improvement had nothing to do w/Vallas.<br /><br />2.The devastation from Katrina led to massive out-migration. The shift in population as resulted in a city that has a smaller proportion of families lliving in extreme poverty: 12.3% in 2005, 6.4 in 2007.<br /><br />3. The resources available to public schools have been significantly greater post-Katrina. Pre-Katrina spending was only slightly higher than average statewide spending. Spending in 2007-08 was more than 50% higher than the state average, due to federal "restart" money. In addition to the government money, millions in foundation money has poured into the district.The Perimeter Primatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12619173438763495716noreply@blogger.com