tulane university shows that under the charter system, student achievement is up with 63% of students passing state assessment tests in 2013, a 30% increase since 2005. and graduation rates are up from 56% to 73%. can everybody do that? reporter: initially charter schools were able to recruit the most desirable students. now parents can rank their school choices and go through a centralized lottery process. we have no influence over who attends at all. reporter: parents say when a spot unexpectedly opens up at a good school, they run. when we got in, there were two spots left. and i said thank you, lord. this is for my baby. reporter: but some students do not get any of their choices, leaving some parents to question whether the program really works. i don t know that we re succeeding necessarily, in that the same sort of quality education is available for everyone. reporter: ten years now after the storm. we ve gone from a school district that was an f to a
the state of louisiana seized more than 100 schools, fired about 7500 teachers, and turned the buildings over to independent school operators or charters. there was a narrative created that somehow everything and everyone here was broken. reporter: some community leaders say the experiment has destroyed community schooling and has disproportionately benefitted whites over blacks. this brand of reform that has been employed in new orleans and touted across the nation as some kind of miracle is simply not working. reporter: a study by tulane university shows under the charter school system, student achievement is up with 63% of students passing state assessment tests in 2014. a 30% increase since 2005. graduation rates up from 56% to
about 7,500 teachers, and turned the buildings over to independent school operators or charters. there was a narrative that was created that somehow everything and everyone here was broken. reporter: but some community leaders say this experiment has destroyed community schooling and has disproportionately benefited whites over blacks. this brand of reform that has been employed in new orleans and then touted across the nation as some kind of miracle is simply not working. reporter: but a study by tulane university shows under the charter school system, student achievement is up. with 63% of students passing state assessment tests in 2014. a 30% increase since 2005. and graduation rates are up from 56% to 73%. could everybody do that? reporter: initially charter schools were able to recruit the most desirable students. now parents can rank their
100 schools turned buildings over to charters. there was a narrative created that somehow everyone and everything here was broken. some community leaders say this experiment has destroyed community schooling. and has dispro- portion nately benefitted whites over blacks. this brand of reform that has been employed in nompbs and touted across the nation as some kind of miracle is not working. reporter: a study by two universities shows urn the charter school system student achievement is up, with 63% of students passing state assessment tests in 2014. graduation rates up from 56 to 73%. get out the calendar. initially charter schools were able to recruit the most desirable students and now