ʻO Arne Duncan, ke Kakauolelo Hoʻonaʻauao o ʻAmelika ma lalo o ka Pelekikena Barack Obama, wahi a ka Hurricane Katrina ʻo ia ka "mea maikaʻi loa i loaʻa i ka ʻōnaehana hoʻonaʻauao ma New Orleans," ʻaʻole kānalua ʻo ia e kuhikuhi ana i kahi ʻāpana i ke ʻano o ka ʻino a me kāna hopena i alakaʻi ai i ka laha o na kula hoolimalima ma kela aoao o ke kulanakauhale.
Akā inā ua nānā pono ʻo ia ma mua o ka hana ʻana i kāna ʻōlelo (ʻo ia ka hope mihi no kāna koho huaʻōlelo maikaʻi ʻole), ua ʻike ʻo ia i kekahi o nā kula charter hou i hana ʻia ma New Orleans e hāʻule ana.
ka mua loa ʻO ke kula hoʻolimalima i hana ʻia i ka wā ma hope o Katrina e pani ʻo Free Academy, i pani ʻia i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 2009-ma mua o ka hana ʻana o Duncan i kāna ʻōlelo-ma muli o nā pilikia kālā, nele i ka holomua hoʻonaʻauao, a me nā hoʻopaʻapaʻa me ka hui hoʻokele waiwai o ke kula.
Ma hope o ka pani ʻana o Free Academy, nui nā haumāna e ʻimi nei e ʻimi i nā kula hou i pau i ke kula ʻo Crocker Arts & Technology, kahi kula hoʻonaʻauao ʻē aʻe. wehe ʻia i ka hāʻule ma ka hale hookahi. Akā, ua ʻike ʻia kēlā kula he ʻōlelo hoʻohiki wahaheʻe, i ke ahiahi Poaha i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Dekemaba, ua aʻo nā mākua e pani ʻo Crocker, ʻoiaʻiʻo i ka pō, ma muli o kona hale palekana.
Ua kokoke e hiolo ka hale o ke kenekulia, he kulana i kanalua ole i ka wa Free Academy ke kula a i ka wa i hooholo ai o Crocker e noho i ka hale. ʻAʻole ʻike a ʻike paha nā luna o nā kula ʻelua akā ʻaʻole lākou i hopohopo e ʻōlelo aku i nā mākua aia kā lākou keiki i kahi hale palekana.
Ua hopohopo paha ʻo Duncan no kēia mau palapala hoʻolimalima ʻaʻole wale no ka pōʻino o nā kula i nā haumāna akā no ke kōkua ʻana o ke aupuni pekelala i ke kālā i nā kula.
Na dala aupuni no na kula i haule
I ka makahiki 2006, hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope o ka luku ʻia ʻana o Katrina, ʻo Margaret Spellings ka mea mua o Duncan. hāʻawi ʻia he $24 miliona i Louisiana e hana i nā kula charter, ma New Orleans.
Ua loaʻa mai ka haʻawina mai ka Papahana Kula Hoʻonaʻauao o ka 'Oihana Hoʻonaʻauao (CSP), e hāʻawi ana i nā haʻawina i nā kula hoʻonaʻauao pākahi a me nā ʻoihana hoʻokele kula hoʻonaʻauao, a no nā mokuʻāina e hāʻawi i nā haʻawina haʻawina. Ua hoʻohana ʻo Louisiana i kāna hāʻawi kālā i ka makahiki 2006 e hoʻolako kālā i nā palapala hoʻopaʻa pilikino, ʻo ka hapa nui ma New Orleans, me $283,847 i hāʻawi ʻia iā Free Academy a me $600,000 iā Crocker.
Ma hope o ʻelua hou hoʻoneʻe, ʻo Crocker i ka hopena kokoke no ka maikai ma 2014.
ʻO kekahi kumu ʻē aʻe i makemake nui ai ʻo Duncan e pili ana i ka hoʻohana ʻana o nā kula charter i ke kālā hāʻawi federal ma Louisiana, no ka mea, ʻo kāna ʻoihana, i ka makahiki mua ma lalo o kāna alakaʻi. hāʻawi ʻia i ka mokuʻāina ʻO kekahi haʻawina nui hou aʻe - i kēia manawa he $25,576,222 ka nui, no ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i nā palapala hoʻolimalima o ka mokuʻāina a hoʻomaka i nā palapala hou ma Baton Rouge.
Mai ka noho ʻana o Duncan, ua piʻi ka waihona kālā makahiki o ka CSP i $440 miliona, i ka makahiki kālā o kēia manawa, a ʻo ka huina kālā i hoʻolilo ʻia e ka papahana mai ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ua ʻoi aku ma mua o $4 biliona.
Akā e like me kēlā mau haʻawina mua i nā palapala hoʻopaʻa ma hope o Katrina New Orleans, ua hele ka hapa nui o ia kālā i nā kula i pani ʻia - a ʻo kekahi i wehe ʻole ʻia.
Wahi a kekahi lā hoike, a hiki i ka $1 biliona kālā i hāʻawi ʻia i ka ʻāina e ka CSP i hoʻopau ʻia ma nā kula hoʻolimalima ʻaʻole i wehe ʻia, a wehe ʻole ʻia a pani ʻia ma muli o ka hoʻopunipuni, ka maikaʻi ʻole o ka hana, ka hoʻokele waiwai kālā, a me nā kumu ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka hōʻike "Asleep at the Wheel: How the Federal Charter Schools Programme Recklessly Takes Taxpayers and Students for a Ride" i paʻi ʻia e ka Network for Public Education a kākau ʻia e kēia mea kākau a me Carol Burris, ka luna hoʻokele o NPE.
Ma ka hōʻuluʻulu ʻana i kā mākou hōʻike, ʻike mākou i ka papahana hāʻawi e hāʻawi ana i nā kālā federal i nā keʻena hoʻonaʻauao mokuʻāina, a i ʻole nā "hui mokuʻāina" ʻē aʻe i ʻae ʻia, ʻo ia ka mea nui loa o nā kahawai kālā CSP a ke hōʻike nei i kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi loa o nā kālā ʻauhau federal i hoʻopau ʻia ma luna. nā kula hoʻolimalima i hāʻule. Loaʻa iā Louisiana kekahi o nā moʻolelo maikaʻi loa no ka hoʻokele slipshod o kāna mau haʻawina federal.
Ma hope o kā mākou hōʻike, nānā ʻo Burris i nā haʻawina i hāʻawi ʻia hana a hoʻonui i nā kula charter ma Louisiana ma waena o 2006 a me 2014. Ua ʻike ʻo ia ʻo nā palapala palapala 110 i loaʻa ke kālā, ma kahi o 51 (46 pakeneka) i pani ʻia. ʻAʻole paha i wehe iki kekahi, akā no ka hāʻawi ʻole ʻana o ka ʻOihana Hoʻonaʻauao ʻo Louisiana i kahi papa inoa o nā kula paʻa, ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia kēlā helu. ʻO ka huina kālā i hāʻawi ʻia i nā kula i pani ʻia a wehe ʻole ʻia he $23,819,839.00.
He 'Hoao Kuleana' i na keiki
ʻOiai ʻo nā helu wale nō he mea weliweli a he kumu e hopohopo ai, ʻo nā hiʻohiʻona pilikino o Louisiana i loaʻa i ke kālā CSP a laila pani ʻia e kānalua hou i ka noʻonoʻo o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ke kālā hua federal e hoʻolaha i nā kula e wehe a pani, pinepine, a hoʻolilo i nā hui hoʻolimalima. ka mea e hoʻopuʻi nei i nā ʻāpana a me nā kaiāulu me ka ʻike ʻole i ka manaʻo o nā mākua a me nā luna kūloko.
ʻO kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona aʻu i koho ai mai ka noiʻi ʻana a Burris ʻo Benjamin Mays Prep School ma New Orleans, i loaʻa iā ia he $600,000 CSP. Ua loaʻa iā Mays Prep nā pilikia hoʻonaʻauao lōʻihi a nā hemahema kālā mau. Ua pono ke kula neʻe i hale ʻokoʻa i ka 2012 a laila nalowale ia wahi i ka makahiki 2014 i ka wā ʻaʻole i hoʻololi hou ʻia kāna palapala hoʻopaʻa inoa a ua hōʻole kekahi palapala hoʻohui ʻē aʻe e neʻe ana i ka lewa i ke kākau inoa ʻana i nā haumāna Mei. ʻO ke kula paa i ka makahiki 2014.
Ua loaʻa iā Miller McCoy kahi palapala CSP $600,000 akā ua pani ʻia i ka makahiki 2014 ma hope o ka "hoʻohaʻahaʻa lōʻihi," e like me kahi kumu nūhou kūloko. Ua haʻalele nā mea hoʻokumu ʻelua o ke kula charter i ka makahiki 2012 ma lalo o nā ʻōlelo hoʻopiʻi koʻikoʻi, a ua loaʻa i ke kula nā alakaʻi lanakila ʻole ma hope o ia. ʻO ka helu hoʻonaʻauao "F" mai ka mokuʻāina me he mea lā ʻo ia ka mauʻu hope loa.
Ua hoʻohiki ke kula e like me kahi kula hoʻomākaukau pilikino kane a pau ma New Orleans, manuahi wale nō. Ua haʻalele ka pani ʻana i nā kumu a me nā haumāna i koe a me nā ʻohana me "ke kaumaha, ke kaumaha, ke kaumaha no ka mea i hiki ke hana," ua hōʻike aku i kahi nūhou kūloko ʻē aʻe.
Ua loaʻa he $600,000 CSP palapala ʻē aʻe, ʻo Gentilly Terrace. Ua mālama ʻia ke kula e kahi hui hoʻokele charter, New Beginnings Schools Foundation, i ʻōlelo ʻia no no ka hooko ana me kekahi mau kānāwai pekelala, me ka kuhi hewa ʻana o nā kālā federal no nā kula Title I—ke kālā i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia no nā haumāna ʻilihune kiʻekiʻe. Ua loaʻa pū i nā New Beginnings nā pilikia maʻamau me huli kanaka hana ma kona mau kula a hana maopopo ole e kona papa kuhikuhi.
Terrace Gentilly pani ʻia i ka makahiki 2014 me ka helu “D” mai ka palapala hōʻike hoʻonaʻauao o ka mokuʻāina. ʻO ka mea i hala koke aku nei, ʻo ka Luna Nui o New Beginnings haʻalele i waena o nā hoʻopiʻi o ka hoʻopunipuni ʻana i nā moʻolelo lehulehu a ʻae i kekahi o kāna mau kula ʻekolu i koe e komo i ka hoʻoponopono papa.
ʻO nā haʻawina CSP i hāʻawi ʻia i nā kula ma Baton Rouge i alakaʻi pinepine ʻia i nā hopena like.
I ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ka Apana Kula Hoʻōla i hoʻololi iā New Orleans ka lawe ʻana i nā kula "haʻahaʻa" ʻo Baton Rouge i ka makahiki 2008, kekahi o ka ʻehiku mau kula mua i lawe ʻia a hāʻawi ʻia i nā mea hoʻokele hoʻolimalima ʻo Glen Oaks Middle School. Ua loaʻa iā Glen Oaks he $772,750 mai ka CSP.
I ka makahiki 2013, ua hoʻomaka ka hana hoʻololi "hoʻomaka hou," a ʻo Glen Oaks pani ʻia, manaʻo ʻia no ka manawa pōkole, no ka makahiki kula 2014-15 i mea e ʻimi ai i kahi hui hoʻokele ʻokoʻa. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia nā haumāna e neʻe i kahi kula ʻē aʻe i mālama ʻia e kahi palapala hoʻohui ʻē aʻe akā hiki ke hoʻi i Glen Oaks i ka makahiki aʻe.
Akā ma kahi o ka wehe hou ʻana ma ke kula waena, ʻo Glen Oaks noho ʻia e nā palapala hoʻolimalima hou ʻekolu: he kula haʻahaʻa, kula haʻahaʻa, a he kula waena ʻē aʻe i lawelawe ʻia e kekahi hui hoʻokele hoʻolimalima ʻē aʻe.
Glen Oaks ua pani ʻia i ka makahiki 2016, e like me nā hōʻike o ka mokuʻāina, a ma ka makahiki 2018, ua neʻe pū ke kula kindergarten a me nā kula haʻahaʻa ma kahi ʻē aʻe.
I kēia lā, ʻo ka mea i koe i loko o ke kula waena ʻo Glen Oaks kahi kula liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi ma lalo o kahi inoa ʻokoʻa. ʻO ia kula i kēia manawa helu ʻia ʻo "F" ma ke kula e ka mokuʻāina, ka mea i ʻōlelo hou aku e hāʻawi ʻia ke kula i kahi hui hoʻokele charter.
Hāʻawi kekahi o nā kula hoʻonaʻauao ʻo Louisiana CSP i nā mea loaʻa i hiki ke noho ākea me he mea lā ma lalo o ka ʻāina paʻa.
ʻO ke kula ʻo Tallulah Charter o Baton Rouge, i hāʻawi ʻia i kahi haʻawina CSP o $75,000. hooweliweli me ka pani i 2018 no ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka hana haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa a me nā hewa hoʻāʻo.
ʻO ka mea i hoʻopakele i ke kula, ʻo ia ka hāʻawi ʻana mai kahi kula hoʻonaʻauao hoʻonaʻauao pūnaewele e hoʻoneʻe i nā haumāna i kahi haʻawina i hui pū ʻia me ka ʻoi aku o ke aʻo ʻana ma ke kamepiula. ʻO ka palapala hoʻolimalima pūnaewele i hala iho nei ua haʻalele i kona pili me kahi ʻoihana waiwai ʻē aʻe a hoʻololi i kona inoa. Aia ke kula i kahi 54 pakeneka ka puka puka hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 79 pakeneka o ka mokuʻāina.
ʻO nā mākua ma New Orleans e maʻi nei i ka paʻa ʻole i lawe ʻia e nā kula charter manawa i ko lākou kaiāulu ke hoʻonohonoho nei e hoʻopau i ke kānāwai mokuʻāina i hoʻopaʻa i nā palapala palapala, ke kapa ʻana i nā kula he "hoʻokolohua hewa ʻole" maluna o ka lakou mau keiki.
Ku'i Laha i na Kanawai Federala
ʻO kēia mau ʻano laʻana i huki ʻia ka manaʻo o ke Keʻena ʻOihana Hoʻonaʻauao ponoʻī o ka Luna Nui e nānā i ka nānā ʻana o ka ʻoihana o ka Federal Charter Schools Program ma 2016, ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana o Duncan a lilo ʻo John King i kākau ʻōlelo.
Ua hāʻawi ka loiloi i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo no ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka nānā ʻana i nā haʻawina federal i hāʻawi ʻia i nā palapala hoʻopaʻa pili, akā ʻaʻole maopopo loa pehea i hoʻokō ʻia ai kēlā mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo ma lalo o ke alakaʻi ʻana a King, a i ʻole ma lalo o Betsy DeVos, nāna i lawe ma ke ʻano he kākau ʻōlelo ma 2017.
I ka makahiki 2018, ua hoʻopuka ʻo OIG i kahi hoʻokolokolo hou e pili ana i ka helu ʻana o nā mokuʻāina me nā kula charter i pani ʻia no nā kālā hāʻawi federal. I kēia manawa, ua hoʻokomo ʻia ʻo Louisiana i ka loiloi no ka mea ʻo ia ka mokuʻāina me ka ratio kiʻekiʻe loa o nā kula charter pani ʻia i nā kula charter.
ka ʻike Ua loaʻa i nā kula hoʻolimalima ma Louisiana i loaʻa ke kālā federal a pani ʻia paha ua nui ka uhai ʻana i nā kānāwai federal a me nā lula no ka pani ʻana i kā lākou mau haʻawina, ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i nā waiwai i kūʻai ʻia me nā kālā federal, a me ka hōʻoia ʻana ua mālama ʻia a mālama ʻia nā ʻike haumāna a me nā moʻolelo.
I loko o kāna mau ʻōlelo i hoʻokomo ʻia ma ka hopena o ka hōʻike, ʻaʻole i ʻae a ʻae ʻole ka ʻoihana i nā ʻike akā ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia "ʻaʻole i manaʻo i ka pani ʻana o ke kula charter i mea pilikia i nā kālā federal" a ʻo nā ʻōlelo aʻo a OIG "e kū ʻole me ka kuleana federal i ka hoʻonaʻauao." Ua noi ke keʻena no ka "hoʻokahi manaʻo e ʻike i ke kaulike ma waena o ke kuleana federal a me ka mokuʻāina no ka nānā ʻana i nā kula charter."
I keia mau la, Hale Demokarata manaʻo e ʻoki nui i nā hāʻawi kālā CSP, me ka haʻi ʻana aku ʻaʻole ʻo ke keʻena hoʻonaʻauao he "puʻukū kuleana" o nā kālā ʻauhau. Ua haʻi aku nā lālā o ka hale, ma ke ʻano o kā lākou kumu no ka ʻoki ʻana, nā hōʻike o ka hoʻopau kālā a me ka hoʻokele hewa ʻana e like me nā Burris a me aʻu i ʻike ai. A ua kuhikuhi nā Democrats i ka ʻoihana hoʻonaʻauao e hoʻokō i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo mai ka hōʻike 2018 OIG.
Ma waena o kēlā mau manaʻo no ka ʻoihana e hoʻoholo i nā mokuʻāina e loaʻa ana i nā haʻawina kula charter i mea pilikia loa i nā kālā federal a kōkua i kēlā mau mokuʻāina e hoʻomohala a hoʻokō i nā kaʻina hana pani kula charter. Inā hala ka bila Hale, hiki iā ʻoe ke maopopo aia ʻo Louisiana ma kēlā papa inoa.
Akā, ʻaʻole pono e hoʻomaopopo ʻia ka hoʻoilina o nā haʻawina kula hoʻonaʻauao a ke aupuni pekelala ma Louisiana ma ka hoʻopau wale ʻana o nā kālā hoʻonaʻauao makamae, akā ma muli o ka hopena maoli o ke kanaka o ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā papahana hoʻolimalima hana e hoʻolei ai i nā kaiāulu i loko o ka huikau, ka pilikia, a me ka manaʻo kumakaia. ʻO ia paha kahi mea āu e lohe ʻole ai iā Arne Duncan e kala mai.
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