Learning Matters - Coming Soon

REBUILDING NEW ORLEANS SCHOOLS - Coming Soon to the NewsHour

Hurricane Katrina destroyed over half of New Orleans public schools and led to a state takeover of one of the worst school districts in the country. In our fourth visit to New Orleans since Katrina, we check in on the schools that re-opened under state control in a city that officials still call a “disaster area.”

Below are photographs showing parts of New Orleans, 18 months after Katrina.

School exterior	Alfred Lawless High School, 9th Ward
Alfred Lawless High School exterior with ruptured wall	Alfred Lawless High School cafeteria
Cameraman and New Orleans	'Reserved for Principal' parking sign, watermarked and stained
Science study aid found in hallway of Alfred Lawless High School	School piano found in hallway of Alfred Lawless High School
Interior of Alfred Lawless High School library	Another photograph of Alfred Lawless High School library
Books destroyed	Single book in mud