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Hurricane Katrina: 20 Years of Change in New Orleans Schools

A T74 special series covering the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the rebuilding of New Orleans’ schools.
New Orleans
New Orleans
Katrina

18 Years, $2 Billion: Inside New Orleans’s Biggest School Recovery Effort in History

Hurricane Katrina destroyed 110 New Orleans school buildings. How to upgrade them while honoring their architectural importance and historic heritage?

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
New Orleans
New Orleans
Katrina

Lessons From a Global Reckoning: Students at a Revered New Orleans HS Learn the Hard Truth About the Slave Trader School Is Named For. Most Other Kids Never Do

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
Katrina
Katrina
Katrina

With 25% of New Orleans Schools’ Charters Expiring and No Test Data to Show How They’re Doing, Educators Seek a Change in State Law

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
Katrina
Katrina
Katrina

Book Excerpt: 15 Years After Katrina, New Orleans School Miracle Emerges as a ‘Surprising’ Mix of Free Market Choice and Strong Government Accountability

Douglas N. Harris
Katrina
Katrina

Photo History: After Katrina, Devastation and Renewal Inside New Orleans’ Schools

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber

Videos & Podcasts

Podcast
Podcast

Exploring the Evolution of New Orleans’ School System in the 20 Years Since Hurricane Katrina

The NYC Teaching Fellows program quickly trains career changers and recent college grads to fill hard-to-staff positions in the city’s public schools.
Podcast
Podcast
Katrina

Key Lessons from the Fight Over Which New Orleans Schools Would Reopen After Katrina — and Who Would Run Them

The newest episode of ‘Where the Schools Went’ spotlights the tumultuous reopening of George Washington Carver High in the Ninth Ward.

Video
Katrina

New Orleans Schools After Katrina | Part I: Reopening in the Flood Zone

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Video
Katrina

New Orleans Schools After Katrina | Part II: The Class of 2015

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Video
Katrina

New Orleans Schools After Katrina | Part III: The Next Generation

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New Orleans

New Orleans
New Orleans
Katrina

With the Opening of a New School, New Orleans Is an All-Charter District No More

After a hurricane and state takeover, love-it-or-hate-it, 7-year experiment is over. Charter advocates are OK with it — but lots of questions remain.

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins

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20 Years After Katrina, Lessons from the Fight to Reopen New Orleans’ Schools

Ravi Gupta
Author: Ravi Gupta
Analysis

20 Years After Hurricane Katrina, New Podcast Explores Evolution of NOLA Schools

Ravi Gupta
Author: Ravi Gupta
New Orleans

Photo History: 15 Years After Hurricane Katrina, Revisiting the Devastation and Renewal of New Orleans Schools

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
Katrina

74 Interview — A Racial Divide in How Kids View Police, Teachers & Neighborhoods: Researcher Lindsay Bell Weixler on the Sobering Findings of Her New Orleans Student Survey

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
Katrina

Scholarships and Self-Care: New Orleans Charter School Network Sends Grads Off to College with Mental Health Safety Net

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
Katrina

Lewis: How New Orleans’s Unique School System Is Working for Our Students, Families & Neighborhoods and Reclaiming the Future for Our City

Henderson Lewis Jr.