Jo-Ann Armao concludes her piece on how greater school choice has dramatically improved educational opportunities in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina with:

"The horrors of Katrina created a blank sheet that is (thankfully) absent in other cities. But the successes in New Orleans raise a question for officials in places where schools are horribly failing their students: Why should it take a natural disaster to return power to parents and educators?"

Read her entire piece here.