Duncan: Katrina Was The “Best Thing” for NOLA Schools
Well this is just a wonderful thing to say by current Education Secretary Arne Duncan:
I’ve spent a lot of time in New Orleans and this is a tough thing to say but I’m going to be really honest. The best thing that happened to the education system in New Orleans was Hurricane Katrina. That education system was a disaster. And it took Hurricane Katrina to wake up the community to say that we have to do better. And the progress that it made in four years since the hurricane, is unbelievable.
It seems now folks in both the Bush and Obama administration seem to think Katrina was in some way a net benefit for New Orleans. Kind of stunning.
