Top charter-school advocate talks about changing attitudes here and Baton Rouge
The Lens sits down with Caroline Roemer Shirley to talk about charter school changes in the past 10 years.
Replay our online video discussion about PTSD with documentary filmmaker
You're invited to watch and participate in the video forum Thursday at 1 p.m.
Missing Home: A look at what we demolished in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina
Thousands of houses and buildings were razed after the storm. We went back to some of those properties to see what's there now. What we found shows how some parts of the city have rebounded while others struggle, just as they did before the storm.
Did recovery leadership lie at the grassroots level or does the elite deserve credit?
Two authors approach the recovery from divergent angles, gleaning fresh insights into the long road we've traveled.
Katrina’s deadly lessons led to improvements in evacuation process
Best-ever levee system is here to protect property, not lives, experts warn
Of all the questions being asked about New Orleans’ progress 10 years after the disaster that killed nearly 1,500 residents and clouded its future, the most persistent has been this: Is it safer now? Interviews with storm experts resulted in answers filled with caveats. The best summation: It’s safer for houses, but not necessarily for the people who live in them.
New Orleans has 19 new public schools as $1.8 billion building plan continues
Post-Katrina rebuilding plan is affecting campuses across the city.
People’s hero, Corps’ villain or both? Investigator’s life upended by Katrina findings
Like many Hurricane Katrina survivors, former Louisiana State University research scientist and instructor Ivor van Heerden sometimes tears up at certain memories. He didn’t lose a house or a family member. He lost his career. That still hurts because it was taken from him by the people he was trying to help.
City says it’s hustling to fix school-zone lights before all campuses are open to students
Work includes replacing bulbs and batteries, and reprogramming lights to match school hours.
