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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鈥� schools.
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New Orleans
Katrina

At a Storied NOLA High School, Alum Raises Up the Next Generation of Teachers

At McDonough 35, Shauntrell DeMesme teaches teens who want to be educators everything from effective literacy instruction to classroom management.

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
commentary
commentary
Katrina

The Inconvenient Success of New Orleans Schools

Gupta: How the most dramatic education transformation in modern America became too uncomfortable for anyone to talk about.

Ravi Gupta
Author: Ravi Gupta
20 years later
20 years later
Katrina

No Idea Too Radical: Inside New Orleans鈥� Dramatic K-12 Turnaround After Katrina

Two decades after Hurricane Katrina forced the reboot of New Orleans' schools, academics and college-going are up, but racial divides persist.

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
91涩漫 Interview
91涩漫 Interview
Katrina

On Katrina鈥檚 20th Anniversary, Patrick Dobard Revisits NOLA Reboot

Former head of the Recovery School District talks reform, race and work yet undone in turning around New Orleans' schools.

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
Analysis
Analysis
Katrina

7,000 New Orleans Teachers Lost Jobs After Katrina. Here鈥檚 How the City Rebuilt

The new episode of 鈥榃here the Schools Went鈥� spotlights how the redesigning of the school system sparked profound changes to the NOLA teaching force.

Ravi Gupta
Author: Ravi Gupta

Videos & Podcasts

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

The newest episode of 鈥榃here the Schools Went鈥� spotlights the tumultuous reopening of George Washington Carver High in the Ninth Ward.

Podcast
Podcast

Exploring the Evolution of New Orleans鈥� 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鈥檚 public schools.
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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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Katrina

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

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New Orleans

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

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Podcast: Key Lessons from New Orleans鈥� Post-Katrina Education Experiment

Ravi Gupta
Author: Ravi Gupta
Katrina

John White on New Orleans Schools’ 鈥楶rotracted March Toward a Basic Civil Right鈥�

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
Analysis

How New Orleans Has 鈥楻ebooted鈥� Its Schools in the 20 Years Since Katrina

Ravi Gupta
Author: Ravi Gupta
commentary

Reflections on Rebuilding New Orleans鈥� Education System One School at a Time

Paul Hill
Author: Paul Hill
New Orleans

91涩漫 Explains: How Katrina Transformed New Orleans Schools

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New Orleans

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

Ravi Gupta
Author: Ravi Gupta
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20 Years After Hurricane Katrina, New Podcast Explores Evolution of NOLA Schools

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

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
Katrina

15 Years After Katrina, New Orleans School Miracle Emerges as a 鈥楽urprising鈥� Mix

Douglas N. Harris

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Future of High School

College, Career, Learning Recovery: How America's high schools are evolving for the next generation of teenagers.
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Photo History: 15 Years After Hurricane Katrina, Revisiting the Devastation and Renewal of New Orleans Schools

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber
New Orleans

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

74 Interview 鈥� 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

25% of New Orleans Schools鈥� Charters Expiring

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鈥檚 Unique School System Is Working for Our Students, Families & Neighborhoods and Reclaiming the Future for Our City

Henderson Lewis Jr.
Katrina

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

Mark Keierleber
Author: Mark Keierleber