Giving Compass' Take:

• Jess Clark at The Hechinger Report writes on McDonogh 35, the first black high school in New Orleans, that after Hurrican Katrina and the chartering of the city’s schools, suffered an academic collapse. Now, the school board hopes that turning it over to a charter school organization can save it.

• This article shines a light on the question of whether the growth of charter schools harm schools districts or help them? 

• Here's how charter expansion impacted the district schools in Massachusetts.  

NEW ORLEANS — The McDonogh 35 “Roneagles” were killing their opponents on the softball field. Junior Tye Mansion had just stolen a base, and her teammates in the dugout were going wild, chanting and taunting the other team. Tye’s mom Tyra Mansion was cheering her on behind home plate.

“That’s my superstar. That’s Hollywood,” she said.

Off the field, life was less glamorous for Tye this spring. She had taken and retaken the ACT, trying to get a score high enough to get into college, with a scholarship. Her mom said Tye’s school, McDonogh 35 Senior High School, wasn’t giving her the academic support she needed to improve her score, so Mansion had to go elsewhere for help — taking Tye to programs at the local university, and paying for private tutoring.

Read the full article about how charter schools are impacting New Orleans by Jess Clark at The Hechinger Report.