KIPP New Orleans pushed 'college for all' in its early years. Schools are now adding career and personal counseling, and offering technical education courses.
Schools nationwide are adding time to the school year — lengthening days, requiring Saturday classes or shortening summer.
One problem is that many of Louisiana teacher colleges are too small to provide a statistically meaningful sample. Another challenge: how to compare programs with very different admission standards? A professor of education says, "It’s kind of like having a fire alarm go off in your house, but not knowing where the fire is."
