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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
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Feet to the Fire: New Orleans Kids Rethink Their Devastated School System
Wholey, Jane; Burkes, Betty
Teachers College Record, v117 n13 p221-236 2015
Kids Rethink New Orleans Schools is an organization of primarily middle school youth that formed after Hurricane Katrina destroyed most of the city's schools. This chapter describes Rethink's first six years of operation, which culminated in school system policy changes and an HBO documentary about the organization's groundbreaking work.
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Documentaries, Films, Natural Disasters, Weather, Schools, Educational Change
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Junior High Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Louisiana
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