[CharterSchools] Charter Leaders Head Landrieu Ed Task Force

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Landrieu names Wright principal and charter network president to education 
task force
By Martha Carr, The Times-Picayune
March 09, 2010, 2:29PM
 

Daniel Erath / The Times-Picayune
Mayor-elect Mitch Landrieu
Andre Perry, an associate dean at the University of New Orleans and 
president of a local charter school network, and Sophie B. Wright Charter School 
Principal Sharon Clark will lead a 21-member task force to advise Mayor-elect 
Mitch Landrieu on education issues.
 
Landrieu introduced the task force members during an afternoon news 
conference at Sophie B. Wright Charter School in Uptown. It also includes officials 
at traditional public and private schools, the president of the local 
teachers' union, community leaders and representatives of teacher-training 
programs.
 
State schools Superintendent Paul Pastorek and Recovery School District 
Superintendent Paul Vallas also are advising the group, Landrieu said.
 
Though New Orleans mayor has no official responsibility for the city's 
schools, Landrieu listed schools among the top three priorities of his campaign, 
on par with reducing crime and creating well-paying jobs.
 

"You can't grow jobs if the city's not safe, and you can't grow jobs if you 
don't have an educated workforce," he said. "Even though I don't have 
direct control over the schools, I do have a responsibility to make sure 
everything is working together ... toward the common good."
 
Landrieu said he has asked the task force to advise him on what the mayor 
should do to improve education in New Orleans. More immediately, he said he 
wants recommendations on how the city can best position itself to secure 
federal Race to the Top grants, as well as how a lump-sum payment from FEMA for 
the repair of school buildings should be spent.
 
In the long term, Landrieu said he want the committee to consider how 
charter schools work with public and private schools, as well as how and when the 
governance of New Orleans public schools, many of which are under state 
control, should be transferred to local officials.



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