The Regressives Ep. 7 | An Education Miracle Maker

Lost Debate

The Branch

News, Politics, Society & Culture

4.6 • 607 Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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John White is an educator and public official who served as the Louisiana Superintendent of Education from 2012 to 2020. John arrived in Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and was tasked with reinventing an education system that was routinely ranked at very bottom of the United States. He used the crisis to push through reforms that transformed the lives of Louisiana students, putting them on a path that many thought inconceivable just a few years before. On this special episode, Ravi speaks with John White about how he was able to pull of en education miracle, and what bureaucratic and political challenges he had to overcome to help children of Louisiana. Subscribe to our channel: https://bit.ly/3Gs5YTF Subscribe to our Substack: https://thelostdebate.substack.com/ Sticher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-lost-debate iheart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-lost-debate-88330217/ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/752ca262-2801-466d-9654-2024de72bd1f/the-lost-debate LOST DEBATE ON SOCIAL: Follow Lost Debate Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lostdebate/ Follow Lost Debate on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lostdebate Follow Lost Debate on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thelostdebate

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0:00.0	I spent a lot of time in New Orleans, and this is a tough thing to say, but let me be really honest.
0:07.0	I think the best thing that happened to the education system in New Orleans was Hurricane Katrina.
0:12.0	After flooding wiped out most New Orleans schools, the state of Louisiana stepped in,
0:18.0	taking over one of the worst performing school districts in the nation.
0:21.6	New Orleans public schools were headed for rock bottom.
0:24.6	Fewer than a third of eighth graders could pass a reading test, and corruption was so deep,
0:29.6	the FBI had set up an office inside the school administration building.
0:33.6	Ms. Orange Jones votes yes. Mr. Romer?
0:36.6	Yes. Mr. Romer votes yes. Ms. Dashtug? Yes. Ms. Orange Jones votes yes. Mr. Romer. Yes.
0:38.3	Mr. Romer votes yes.
0:39.3	Ms. Dastew.
0:40.3	Yes.
0:41.3	Ms. Dastew votes yes.
0:42.3	You have nine yeas, one no, and one abstention.
0:45.3	The motion passes.
0:47.3	Congratulations.
0:48.3	Mr. White.
0:49.3	You're now the state superintendent of education in Louisiana.
0:53.3	Thank you. I, of course, want to thank you to the board for the opportunity.
0:58.0	It is deeply humbling as a career educator to be given the opportunity to positively impact the lives of hundreds of thousands of Louisiana's children.
1:06.0	The superintendent, John White.
1:08.0	John White, who is the state superintendent of education for the state of Louisiana.
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