Creating and Sustaining a New Kind of Education System after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. The New Orleans Index at Twenty
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| Title: | Creating and Sustaining a New Kind of Education System after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. The New Orleans Index at Twenty |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Jamie M. Carroll, Douglas N. Harris, Brookings Institution |
| Source: | Brookings Institution. 2025. |
| Availability: | Brookings Institution. 1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036. Tel: 202-797-6000; Fax: 202-797-6004; e-mail: webmaster@brookings.edu; Web site: http://www.brookings.edu |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 21 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | Laura and John Arnold Foundation Spencer Foundation William T. Grant Foundation Tulane University Tulane University, Murphy Institute |
| Document Type: | Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Elementary Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Weather, Natural Disasters, Public Schools, Charter Schools, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, School Organization, Centralization, School Districts, State School District Relationship, School District Reorganization, Educational Policy, Outcomes of Education, School Administration, Racial Differences, Private Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Urban Schools |
| Geographic Terms: | Louisiana (New Orleans) |
| Abstract: | Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath disrupted every element of life in the city of New Orleans, but no sector was affected as much as education. Almost all New Orleans public schools were taken over by the state and eventually turned into autonomous charter schools. By the end of the state takeover 13 years later, all of the city's publicly funded schools were converted to charter schools. Now, New Orleans schools are reunified into one district governed by the local school board. While this is consistent with school reform approaches in other cities, no city has gone as far as New Orleans. This report describes how these reform efforts affected student learning and outcomes, the teaching workforce, and school and district operations by comparing the students of New Orleans to similar ones in other districts that did not experience the school reforms. The analyses are supplemented with a description of the private school sector, which has enrolled a large and growing share of students over time, and insights into how the New Orleans model helps and hinders ongoing improvements, and what other parts of the country can learn from the city's unprecedented school reforms. [This report was created with The Data Center. Additional funding provided by the Booth Bricker Foundation.] |
| Abstractor: | ERIC |
| Entry Date: | 2026 |
| Access URL: | https://www.brookings.edu/articles/creating-and-sustaining-a-new-kind-of-education-system-after-hurricane-katrina-in-new-orleans/ |
| Accession Number: | ED678522 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath disrupted every element of life in the city of New Orleans, but no sector was affected as much as education. Almost all New Orleans public schools were taken over by the state and eventually turned into autonomous charter schools. By the end of the state takeover 13 years later, all of the city's publicly funded schools were converted to charter schools. Now, New Orleans schools are reunified into one district governed by the local school board. While this is consistent with school reform approaches in other cities, no city has gone as far as New Orleans. This report describes how these reform efforts affected student learning and outcomes, the teaching workforce, and school and district operations by comparing the students of New Orleans to similar ones in other districts that did not experience the school reforms. The analyses are supplemented with a description of the private school sector, which has enrolled a large and growing share of students over time, and insights into how the New Orleans model helps and hinders ongoing improvements, and what other parts of the country can learn from the city's unprecedented school reforms. [This report was created with The Data Center. Additional funding provided by the Booth Bricker Foundation.] |
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