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Emily Langhorne; Rachel Canter – Progressive Policy Institute, 2025
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, accelerating the collapse of an already disintegrating city public school system. Prior to the storm, almost two-thirds of New Orleans public school students attended failing schools, half dropped out, and fewer than one in five enrolled in college. The school system suffered severe…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Charter Schools, Public Education, Natural Disasters