When New Orleans schools reopened after Katrina, most of the city’s educators didn’t get their jobs back. Instead, they were often replaced with young people who were new to town — and new to teaching.
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Hurricane Katrina had a silver-lining for some: Post-traumatic growth
The mental health effects of Hurricane Katrina have been studied for more than a decade, and that research found that post-traumatic growth can co-exist with post-traumatic stress.
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The long recovery on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, ‘ground zero’ for Hurricane Katrina
While much of the focus marking 20 years since Hurricane Katrina is on New Orleans, where federal levees failed and flooded the city, the historic storm also decimated the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
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Video: Echoes of Katrina – Two decades of struggle and strength
NPR station photographer and New Orleans native Tyrone Turner travelled back to Louisiana to document the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
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Hurricane Katrina forced changes at FEMA. Trump is rolling them back
The government’s colossal failure to respond after Hurricane Katrina led to major reforms at the nation’s top disaster agency. Now, the Trump administration has reversed some of those changes.
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A ‘college for all’ push thrived in New Orleans after Katrina. It wasn’t for everyone
After Hurricane Katrina, many New Orleans charter schools united in a mission to send more students to college. Today, some of those students, now adults, wish they’d been given more options.
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20 years after Hurricane Katrina, St. Bernard Parish is still recovering
Hurricane Katrina flooded nearly every building in St. Bernard Parish near New Orleans in 2005. Twenty years later, the community is still rebuilding and flood protections encouraged some to return.
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20 years after Hurricane Katrina, the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans still lags behind
No neighborhood was hit worse in Katrina than New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward and it’s been one of the slowest areas to rebound. There’s still an effort to attract new residents and businesses there.
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ID lost to Hurricane Katrina is returned 20 years later
Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina crashed into Louisiana and Mississippi, surprises continue to surface. A washed-up ID and how a park ranger found its owner is a moment of joy in the tragedy.
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20 years after Katrina, New Orleans schools are still ‘a work in progress’
The city’s school system looks almost nothing like it did 20 years ago. People in New Orleans have strong opinions about whether that’s good or bad, but the data is hard to argue with.
