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New Orleans Schools 10 Years After Katrina
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When Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans 10 years ago, it upended the city's troubled school system and prompted a controversial state-led experiment in public education. Correspondent John Tulenko looks into the whole story. (April 26, 2016)
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One District's Response to a Special Education Lawsuit
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The Los Angeles Unified School District has struggled for decades to provide adequate services for students with disabilities. What are they doing now to improve the educational experience for special needs students? (March 3, 2016)
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ESSA Explained: Inside the New Federal K-12 Law
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The Every Student Succeeds Act rolls back much of the federal government's big footprint in education policy, on everything from testing and teacher quality to low-performing schools. (March 31, 2016)
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John B. King, Jr. on His Childhood, ESSA, and More
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Hear the acting U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King, Jr.'s speech from Education Week's Leaders To Learn From event in Washington, D.C. on March 11, 2016. (March 11, 2016)
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Post-Katrina Education Is Not Better
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Harold Bailey, a New Orleans parent, sees the vast changes in the New Orleans’ education system as a detriment to his kids’ schooling.
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A Path to College Through a Charter School
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J’Remi Barnes, a 2015 graduate of Sci Academy in New Orleans, sees the charter system as liberating. (August 19, 2015)
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New Orleans Charters Work for Some, But Not All
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Karran Harper Royal, a New Orleans parent and education activist, says it’s impossible to compare pre- and post-Katrina education in New Orleans. (August 19, 2015)
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Life Inside the Projects
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A single mother of four describes what it's like to raise a family in Potomac Gardens, a massive 1960s-era public housing project in Washington. (May 24, 2014)
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Teachers March on Washington
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At the "Save Our Schools" rally, teachers and others critical of standards- and test-based accountability bring their complaints to the Obama administration's front door. (July 31, 2011)
