Current Projects
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Private Schools & Choice: The Student Scholarships for Education Excellence Pilot Program in Orleans Parish
Click here to read the latest report in our Spotlight on Choice project.
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NOLA by the Numbers: First-Time College Freshmen, Class of 2010
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77% of Public School Students in New Orleans Attend a Charter School
Click here to read our latest NOLA by the Numbers on the October 2011 enrollment data.
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Transforming Public Education in New Orleans: The Recovery School District, 2003-2011
Click here to read a comprehensive history of the RSD in New Orleans.
Research Archive
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Is Louisiana’s Recovery School District a Model for Other States?
The Thomas B. Fordham Institute draws lessons for Ohio in this new report.
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Rethinking Education Governance for the Twenty-First Century
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Charter-School Management Organizations: Diverse Strategies and Diverse Student Impacts
New report looks at CMOs around the country, including in New Orleans.
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A Look at School-By-School Finances, 2009-2010
GulfGov Reports: Education – An Examination of the Impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the Public School Districts in 15 Communities
Karen Rowley
The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government and the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana
April 2007
Abstract:
Budgetary and enrollment data from 15 school districts adversely affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita are analyzed in this report. It is suggested that the New Orleans school system is struggling the most due to its pre-existing failures and fractured state, and the report recommends that local and state officials give the Recovery School District (RSD) time to rebuild. Schools that made the most progress after the hurricanes were functional before the storm and were more prepared: they had adequate cash reserves, insurance coverage, and disaster plans.