Dr. J. Celeste Lay is the Interim Dean of the Newcomb-Tulane College and Professor of Political Science at Tulane University. Dr. Lay is the author of Public Schools. Private Governance: Education Reform and Democracy in New Orleans (Temple University Press, 2022), which examines how New Orleans became the first all-charter school system in the country and the consequences of the system for families and their communities-especially communities of color.