Check back every day this week for a new story in the series, “New Orleans: Ready or Not?”
Category: Audio
Posted inAudio, Schools
Einstein students are being bused to school, but families say there are bumps in the road
Until last week, the charter group handed out public transit vouchers. The school district said that wasn’t good enough.
Posted inAudio, Environment
Audio: Whiskey Island shows the progress and challenges of beach restoration projects
By this summer, the island will be 1,000 acres larger. But the state will have to periodically rebuild it in the coming years.
Posted inAudio, Environment
Audio: WWNO and The Lens discuss state’s ideas to reshape coastal communities at risk of flooding
The state’s LA SAFE planning process is looking at ways to help communities adapt as the land around them sinks and the Gulf of Mexico rises.
Posted inAudio, Environment
Audio: Post-Katrina population shift offers clues to the impending migration from Louisiana’s coast
Thousands of people may be forced to move inland in the coming years, according to the state.
Posted inAudio, Environment, Government & Politics
Audio: Proposal to widen Industrial Canal revives distrust in Lower Ninth Ward
People have not forgotten the corps’ role in the city’s flooding after Hurricane Katrina.
Posted inAudio, Environment, Investigations
Reclaiming native ground: Can Louisiana’s tribes restore their traditional diets as waters rise?
Native Americans are losing their ability to live off the land as it has crumbled into the Gulf of Mexico. Some of them are trying to figure out how to survive on what’s left. A multimedia collaboration between the Food & Environment Reporting Network, Gravy, and The Lens.
Posted inAudio, Schools
Audio: ReNEW program takes extra steps to teach its most troubled students
Trained in counseling and special ed, the teachers know how to deal with kids in crisis.
Posted inAudio, Schools
Audio: Louisiana teachers to be judged more based on students’ performance on tests
A researcher says Louisiana’s system for measuring teacher effectiveness is one of the best in the country.
Posted inAudio, Schools
Audio: Teachers prep for standardized tests to ensure they follow rules
An inside look at how teachers at Success Prep got ready.