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Education Secretary Duncan calls Hurricane Katrina good for New Orleans schools
By Nick Anderson Washington Post Staff Writer
Education Secretary Arne Duncan called Hurricane Katrina "the best thing that happened to the education system in New Orleans" because it forced the community to take steps to improve low-performing public schools, according to excerpts from a television interview made public Friday.
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Wall Street Journal - December 5, 2005
The Promise of Vouchers Milton Friedman
Most New Orleans schools are in ruins, as are the homes of the children who have attended them. The children are now scattered all over the country. This is a tragedy. It is also an opportunity to radically reform the educational system.