In New Orleans and nationally, many schools have adopted a no-excuses model. They enforce strict rules and suspend students at high rates.
In a new article out this week in the Atlantic and Hechinger Report, reporter Sarah Carr looks at the push back against no-excuses discipline. She profiles several local charter schools, including Carver Collegiate, New Orleans College Prep, and KIPP Renaissance.
Carr spoke with Mallory Falk and said no-excuses schools share several defining characteristics.
Sarah Carr is the editor of the Teacher Project, an education reporting initiative at Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.
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