A ‘college for all’ push thrived in New Orleans after Katrina. It wasn’t for everyone

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“That was our most singular focus for those beginning years,” says Rhonda Kalifey-Aluise, the longtime CEO of KIPP New Orleans Schools. And when middle school ended, her mother enrolled her at a KIPP high school — the first in New Orleans to open. SARAH CARR: There was one charter school operator after Katrina that epitomized the college for all push in New Orleans. STEWART: KIPP really made it a point to like, college, college, college, college. We want college, college, college, college, college.