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Education Secretary Arne Duncan called Hurricane Katrina "the best thing that happened to the education system in New Orleans" because it forced the community to take steps to improve low-performing public schools, according to excerpts from a television interview made public Friday.
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Walk into a New Orleans charter or public school, and you're likely to meet teachers from all over the country working in the classrooms. It's not like that in many school districts in the nation, where teachers often work not far from where they went to school themselves.
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(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Students show their excitement at meeting President Barack Obama during his visit to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School in New Orleans, La., Oct. 15, 2009.
President Barack Obama has a discussion with students during a visit to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School in New Orleans, La., Oct. 15, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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Curriculum pushes civic engagement Tulane University has rolled out a new program focused on social entrepreneurship, or the notion that creative types can put their entrepreneurial ideas to work addressing seemingly intractable social ills.
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Hurricane Katrina destroyed Tanya Jones family's home. She relocated to Dallas with no possessions except a few items of clothing.
Just four years later, the New Orleans native has risen through the ranks to become a principal again – in the Irving school district.
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At Beacon Prep the curriculum will be geared towards each child. The individualized attention will allow them to learn at their own level...
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he devastation of Hurricane Katrina four years ago brought with it many changes for this city, but perhaps its most enduring mark may be the new charter school system that came cascading in during the storm's aftermath.
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Thanks @BasinStRecords for sharing this video in your blog.
A great cause and a great use of our music. Watch the video and listen for songs from Jason Marsalis, Kermit Ruffins, and Theresa Andersson.
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If there was any silver lining to the devastation that Hurricane Katrina wrought in New Orleans four years ago, perhaps it is this: The water washed away one of the nation's worst school systems and left New Orleans determined to rebuild in a wholly new way.
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Derrick Tabb, a New Orleans native, strives to keep young people on the straight and narrow in the city with the nation's highest murder rate, according to FBI statistics. Tabb's program provides free tutoring, instruments and music instruction to more than 100 students.
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