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ERIC Number: EJ741074
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006-May
Pages: 7
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0013-127X
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Schooling the Forgotten Kids of Hurricane Katrina
Cook, Glenn
Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, v71 n9 p7-13 May 2006
In this article, the author talks about students being taking in public schools in Houston and Dallas, as well as other states, after evacuating from New Orleans which was struck by Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. For students displaced by the storm, mobility is as constant as stability is elusive. Already traumatized and faced with the loss of their homes and culture, youths of all ages have been uprooted multiple times, separated from friends, and dropped into schools where cultural tensions and turf wars were inevitable. And a large number of kids--especially from New Orleans--have played academic catch-up in their new schools. Here, the author talks about some problems and challenges being faced by some districts, including enrollment fluctuation and academic problems.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: High Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Louisiana
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