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Troy Henry on Education and Youth
Prioritize youth/recreation programs, access to drug treatment and mental health services as part of crime prevention strategy.
"I do think the Mayor can help our schools to continue making progress. We can fully fund NORD programs and work collaboratively with our school leaders to direct kids to those programs."
Response to engageNOLA candidate questionnaire, January 2010
"Since Katrina, we’ve seen test scores in Orleans public schools skyrocket. I believe it’s because charter schools have a degree of independence that fosters creativity in curriculum, teaching methods, student activities, and overall management at each school. The charter school model also fosters competition amongst schools, so the principals, teachers, and support personnel at each school are incentivized to perform well. In summary, what we’re doing now is working, so I don’t support a mayoral takeover."
Response to Candidate Watch survey
“The mayor has a lot of fish to fry right now, and taking on that animal (education) is not going to be a priority of my administration,” Troy Henry said. While Henry said he would try to be “a champion for children,” he called it “disingenuous” to make it seem as though education is something the mayor controls.
Supports improving charter school model, not top-down management structure of pre-Katrina.
Q: Should the city’s public schools ever return to local school board? A: What we’re doing now is working.
Response to engageNOLA candidate questionnaire, January 2010
“The mayor has a lot of fish to fry right now, and taking on that animal (education) is not going to be a priority of my administration,” Troy Henry said. While Henry said he would try to be “a champion for children,” he called it “disingenuous” to make it seem as though education is something the mayor controls.
Response to engageNOLA candidate questionnaire, January 2010
Response to engageNOLA candidate questionnaire, January 2010
Response to engageNOLA candidate questionnaire, January 2010