> Washington Post - January 30, 2010
> <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/29/AR2010012903259.html
>>
>
> 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.
>
> ---
>
> 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.
Milton could only whine about privatizing the schools, Duncan is actually *doing* something about it. ;)
-- In Solidarity, Billy O'Connor