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
The Legacy of Katrina’s Children: Estimating the Number of Hurricane-Related At-Risk Children in the Gulf Coast States of Louisiana & Mississippi
The National Center for Disaster Preparedness at the Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia University & The Children’s Health Fund
December 2007
Abstract:
This report examines the impact of hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma on affected children. Specifically, it seeks to answer the four following questions: How many children were displaced as a result of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita? Among those who were displaced, how many children have since returned to their home state or home communities? Among those who were displaced, how many children are still living in temporary or transient FEMA-subsidized group housing? Regardless as to whether they have returned or are still living in temporary housing, how many of these displaced children are at-risk for poor outcomes? Despite difficulty in collecting numbers, the report estimates that 51.4% of children in Louisiana and Mississippi will be affected by at least one of the following risks: education, health and mental health.