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Ciolino, Max S.; Kirylo, James D.; Mirón, Luis; Frazier, Kelly – Policy Futures in Education, 2014
In the post-Katrina education landscape in New Orleans, teachers in charter schools and district-run schools in the Recovery School District are uniquely situated to provide a direct eyewitness account of the successes and failures of the city's new direction in public education. This narrative presents the opinions of teachers in a critical…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Change Strategies, Public Education, Teacher Attitudes
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MacGregor, Carol Ann; Fitzpatrick, Brian – Policy Futures in Education, 2014
Changes in the education system following Hurricane Katrina have received considerable attention from scholars in recent years. However, the role of Catholic schools is often overlooked in such discussions of school reform, which most often concentrate on the dramatic changes in the public school sector. This oversight is significant given that…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Educational Change, Natural Disasters, Charter Schools
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Carr, Sarah – Policy Futures in Education, 2014
In this amended excerpt from "Hope Against Hope", educational reform in post-Katrina New Orleans is considered from a journalistic perspective in presenting the story of Geraldlynn Stewart as she and her family navigate the new school system. In providing voices of lived experiences of Stewart as well as other individuals within this new…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Natural Disasters, Low Income Groups, Coping