After publishing this video we realized we gave an all too one-sided view on the topic. To give the other side a voice, we highly recommend you to listen to this conversion with Diane Ravitch: https://www.econtalk.org/diane-ravitch-on-slaying-goliath/ This video was made with the support of the Lingoda. For the Lingoda Language Sprint go to http://bit.ly/SproutsSprint and type in "JOIN102". In 2005, Katrina, a massive hurricane, struck the city of New Orleans and destroyed virtually everything, including all schools. As a result, everyone left the city, kids stopped going to school, the school board lost its funding, the teachers lost their jobs leading to the unions losing all of their members. It was a true disaster for everyone. Then the city's government came up with a great idea... Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-RKpEc4eE9PwJaupN91xYQ A special thank you to our patrons: Avigail, Badrah, Cedric Wang, David Markham, Denis Kraus, Don Bone, Esther Chiang, Eva Marie Koblin, John Zhang, Julien Dumesnil, Kritik Bhimani, Mathis Nu, and all other patrons!!! You keep us going! If you want to join us, visit http://www.patreon.com/sprouts Read the entire script here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1caPqItG46DEJ_l06bQNuUk_jJP_snijoLYs1RDU15LY/edit?usp=sharing Sources: Podcast: Terry Moe on Educational Reform, Katrina, and Hidden Power https://www.econtalk.org/terry-moe-on-educational-reform-katrina-and-hidden-power/ Books: The Politics of Institutional Reform https://www.amazon.com/Politics-Institutional-Reform-Katrina-Education/dp/1108481159 Papers: https://educationresearchalliancenola.org/publications/what-effect-did-the-new-orleans-school-reforms-have-on-student-achievement-high-school-graduation-and-college-outcomes https://educationresearchalliancenola.org/publications/what-effect-did-the-new-orleans-school-reforms-have-on-student-achievement-high-school-graduation-and-college-outcomes Two Phases of Power http://www.columbia.edu/itc/sipa/U6800/readings-sm/bachrach.pdf Quote: Former education secretary Arne Duncan once said that Hurricane Katrina was the “best thing” that ever happened to education in the city (though he later apologized).