Emmanuel Felton is a staff writer. Prior to joining The Hechinger Report, he covered education, juvenile justice and child services for the New York World. He received a bachelor’s degree from Emory University and a master’s from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. He grew up in the music rich city of New Orleans, but learned the hard way that he had no musical talent during one very long week in middle school. Luckily, he found journalism.
Can a locally elected school board bring true accountability to the city’s diffuse network of charter schools, or will the corruption and favoritism that plagued the city’s school board before Katrina return, giving an upper hand to savvy, well-connected parents and communities?
Wealthy school districts are increasingly splitting from poorer, more diverse ones, accelerating resegregation
In East St. Louis, the school district is helping parents get back on their feet
Loose laws let scores of charters create policies that favor white students
After ripping up an entire school district, charter schools try to mend fences by reviving Friday night lights
Across the country, black and Latino children with special needs are far less likely to graduate than their white peers
A high school for boys of color in D.C. revives Afrocentric and single-sex schooling to close the achievement gap
It’s illegal to run schools designed to keep out black students, but the Department of Justice is letting districts get away with it
One of the first cities to embrace private school vouchers thinks not
Research shows that half of the 4,300 New Orleans teachers fired after Hurricane Katrina never taught in Louisiana again
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