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...hurricane raked the city and flooded two-thirds of its 128 public schools. The city's new blend of state- and city-run districts, with charter schools making up 60% of the city's educational system, is unique in the country, according to Tulane University President Scott S. Cowen, who chaired the education committee of the Bring New Orleans Back Commission...
...Cowen called New Orleans a kind of "learning laboratory" for public education, which will likely be closely watched in the coming years, particularly by other large urban school districts grappling with their own problems. "I think anyone who has an interest in public education, no matter where they may be on any particular issue, will watch, because there is something for everybody in what we're doing," he said...
...going to be anywhere near perfect," Cowen said of the opening, but added that given the "mammoth challenges" facing the city, "I think the state and the parish are probably doing about as well as could be expected...
...Before Katrina, 102 of the city's schools were considered academic failures, the city had one of the nation's highest drop-out rates, most eighth-grade students had below-average test scores, and the city had had 10 superintendents in as many years, Cowen told a U.S. Senate subcommittee last month...
...start could imperil the value of the 10 characters Marvel plans to use in subsequent movies, including the Incredible Hulk. So while Marvel isn't risking any of its own cash, "there's no question that there would be a perceptual impact on the stock," says Cowen & Co. analyst Lowell Singer. Which is why Marvel left many scratching their heads when it let producer Arad strike off on his own. "Avi's contract was up in November, and Marvel couldn't afford the compensation he can demand," Cuneo explains. "So we thought we'd let him leave on our terms...