A large number of these charter schools are overtly religious and teach anti-science quackery like creationism and climate change denial. Kids’ test scores may be “up,” but that means nothing if they’re being indoctrinated with bullshit and then tested to see if they regurgitate it properly.

The American Enterprise Institute and other right wing groups saw their opportunity after Katrina and seized it. This is their vision for the whole country, make no mistake about it.