The Mass Termination of Black Veteran Teachers in New Orleans: Cultural Politics,the Education Market,and Its Consequences |
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| Authors: | Kristen L Buras |
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| Institution: | 1. Educational Policy Studies, College of Education and Human Development, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USAkburas@gsu.edu |
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| Abstract: | AbstractThis article chronicles the mass firing of veteran teachers in New Orleans, most of them African American, following Hurricane Katrina. The role of Teach for -America in providing inexperienced White teacher recruits from outside the community is critiqued. Countering the ahistorical discourse that blames Black veteran teachers for the shortcomings of New Orleans public schools, the author reveals what is lost if the culture of the community is replaced by the culture of the market. |
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| Keywords: | Black education charter schools culturally relevant pedagogy human capital New Orleans race Teach for America teacher unions urban education reform veteran teachers |
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