Sean Gallagher

Executive Director, Akili Academy

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Executive Director of the Akili Academy, a K-8 public charter school in New Orleans, Louisiana

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Charter schools are being touted as the free-market alternative for parents whose kids are stuck in failing institutions, especially in inner cities.

New Orleans, Charter Schools and the Education Reform

Charter schools are being touted as the free-market alternative for parents whose kids are stuck in failing institutions, especially in inner cities.

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