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How Katrina Transformed New Orleans Schools by NPR

How Katrina Transformed New Orleans Schools

from Up First from NPR

by NPR

Published: Sun Aug 24 2025

Show Notes

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, state officials in Louisiana saw an opportunity to transform New Orleans public schools, many of which they considered "failing." Twenty years later, we look at one of the biggest experiments in U.S. public education and whether the move to charter schools was a success.

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