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Senators see hope in retooled N.O. schools
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| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Jul 15, 2006 11:45am |
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| Media | Newspaper - New Orleans Times-Picayune |
| News Date | Saturday, July 15, 2006 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Three members of a U.S. Senate subcommittee lauded local education officials for their efforts to take advantage of New Orleans' once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to improve public schools during a special hearing in the heart of the French Quarter Friday.
"New Orleans has an opportunity out of this tragedy that no city in America has," said Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Education and Early Childhood Development. Noting that 34 of 57 schools opening later this summer will be charters, he added: "New Orleans will be the leading big city in America creating new charter schools."
The three senators -- Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La.; Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C.; and Alexander -- heard testimony from eight state and local education officials and a local parent, gathering information about the new system shaping in New Orleans.
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