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Floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina fill the streets near downtown New Orleans on Aug. 30, 2005.
Floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina fill the streets near downtown New Orleans on Aug. 30, 2005.
David J. Phillip/AP
School Climate & Safety Series

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

The School Impact

The school year for students, teachers, and education staff in New Orleans, Alabama, and Mississippi was decimated by the effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. This Education Week series covered the hurricanes鈥� impact at the district, state, and federal levels.

Mississippi state schools chief Hank M. Bounds and top aide Susan Rucker pause in the Cannon House Office Building on Sept. 21. They were in Washington to seek financial help and policy waivers for districts coping with hurricane-related needs.
Mississippi state schools chief Hank M. Bounds and top aide Susan Rucker pause in the Cannon House Office Building on Sept. 21. They were in Washington to seek financial help and policy waivers for districts coping with hurricane-related needs.
Christopher Powers/Education Week
Federal States Address Academic Concerns
State and local officials are slowly untangling complicated webs of accountability, testing, and graduation policies, hoping to give thousands of students displaced by Hurricane Katrina a better handle on their academic standing.
David J. Hoff, September 23, 2005
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6 min read
School Choice & Charters Relief Plans Spurring Debate Over Vouchers
Washington is a safe distance from the powerful winds that have been wreaking havoc on the Gulf Coast, but a political storm continued to brew in the capital last week over President Bush鈥檚 plan to help pay the costs of private school tuition for students displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
Erik W. Robelen, September 23, 2005
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8 min read
School Climate & Safety Teachers Ponder Job Prospects as Districts Come Recruiting
Teachers who have been uprooted from their districts by Hurricane Katrina are facing a bewildering job market, waiting to hear when their schools will reopen as they ponder resettling to accept offers from far-flung locations.
Bess Keller & Joetta L. Sack, September 23, 2005
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6 min read
Federal Divided New Orleans Board Debates Reopening Schools
In trying to reopen schools after Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans school board is contending not only with issues of money and safety, but also with more of the dissension and racially charged politics that have marked its business for years.
Catherine Gewertz, September 23, 2005
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4 min read
Student Well-Being & Movement Resuming Sports, Student Council Seen as Help to Katrina Recovery
Educators across the storm-ravaged Gulf Coast are helping many thousands of student evacuees take part in sports and other aspects of campus life鈥攁ctivities that can help students and communities return to the rhythms of daily life.
September 16, 2005
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5 min read
School Climate & Safety Bush Proposes Evacuee Aid for Districts, School Vouchers
The Bush administration is proposing up to $1.9 billion in federal aid to help school districts and charter schools that are enrolling some of the 300,000-plus students displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
Michelle R. Davis, Alan Richard & Erik W. Robelen, September 16, 2005
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7 min read
Student Well-Being & Movement Needs of Displaced Students Emerge as Issue for Districts
As schools scrambled to absorb hundreds of thousands of students displaced by Hurricane Katrina, experts last week urged administrators to consider and plan for a host of academic and emotional issues that could come along with them.
Catherine Gewertz, September 16, 2005
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5 min read
School Climate & Safety More Openings Scheduled for School Districts Hit by Storm
Districts recovering from Hurricane Katrina are getting ready to start the 2005-06 school year for a second time, with most of the storm-damaged Gulf Coast school systems planning to welcome students by mid-October.
David J. Hoff, September 16, 2005
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6 min read
School Climate & Safety Law on Education of the Homeless a Challenge for Districts
A federal law that guarantees education for homeless children is easing the way into new schools for the thousands of children forced from home by Hurricane Katrina. But the law may also pose legal, financial, and administrative challenges for state and district officials striving to help them.
Andrew Trotter, September 16, 2005
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5 min read
School Climate & Safety New Orleans Eyed as Clean Educational Slate
New Orleans will probably never be the same after Hurricane Katrina. But when it comes to schools, many 糖心动漫vlog and analysts say that might not be all bad.
Erik W. Robelen, September 16, 2005
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7 min read
A sign alerts employees about picking up their checks at school district headquarters in Gulfport, Miss. Many teachers who fled their communities awaited word about how they would get paid.
A sign alerts employees about picking up their checks at school district headquarters in Gulfport, Miss. Many teachers who fled their communities awaited word about how they would get paid.
Sevans/Education Week
Teaching Profession Forced Out by Storm, Teachers Seek News of Job Openings, Pay
When Komal Bhasin heard that her school was preparing for a hurricane, she anticipated having an extra, leisurely day for lesson planning.
Joetta L. Sack, September 14, 2005
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5 min read
School Climate & Safety Education Groups Hustle to Find Alternate Conference Sites
The devastation of New Orleans has left the National Association of Secondary School Principals rushing to find an alternative city to host its annual conference. Scheduled years in advance, its meeting next March was set for the Big Easy until Hurricane Katrina washed those plans away.
Andrew Trotter, September 13, 2005
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2 min read
Henry Arledge, the superintendent of Harrison county, Miss., schools, sat in his district's main office as Hurricane Katrina raged outside.
Henry Arledge, the superintendent of Harrison county, Miss., schools, sat in his district's main office as Hurricane Katrina raged outside.
Sevans/Education Week
School Climate & Safety School Official Rides Out Storm
The Harrison County school district headquarters was about the only place that had electricity in coastal Mississippi during Hurricane Katrina and for more than a week afterward.
September 13, 2005
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1 min read
School Climate & Safety Educators Wonder If They鈥檒l Go Back to New Orleans
Hurricane Katrina has upended the lives of many 糖心动漫vlog from southeast Louisiana, including two principals from New Orleans who stopped by the East Baton Rouge district office last week to apply for jobs.
Erik W. Robelen, September 13, 2005
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2 min read
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