November 23, 2007
Schools Chief in New Orleans Faces Tough Road to Rebuilding
In the next installment in a series of reports on reforming troubled school systems, John Merrow returns to New Orleans for an update on how the city's schools chief is faring in his attempts to enact change in a system still working to recover from Hurricane Katrina.
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October 2, 2007
New Orleans School Chief Tackles Rebuilding Shattered System
In the second of two reports on efforts to improve education in urban public schools, education correspondent John Merrow explores the plans underway in New Orleans to create a new school system.
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March 1, 2007
New Orleans Struggles to Revamp Public Education
Hurricane Katrina damaged more than 100 of New Orleans' 128 public schools and led to a state takeover of the district. As a result, schools, teachers and students have had to start from the beginning to improve the state of education.
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February 26, 2007
Program to Help New Orleans Homeowners Moving Slowly
The Road Home program was granted $7.5 billion by the federal government to help New Orleans homeowners rebuild. But of the 109,000 families who have applied, only 1,300 homeowners have received any compensation. The NewsHour reports on the reconstruction process.
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November 23, 2006
New Orleans Homeowners Seek Federal Aid to Rebuild
Thousands of homeowners in New Orleans have applied for federal funding to rebuild under a program called "The Road Home," but only a few dozen have received help. A correspondent visited three families in New Orleans to see how they are faring.
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August 25, 2006
Reminders of Katrina Linger on Mississippi's Gulf Coast
The cities of Pass Christian, Waveland and Biloxi, Miss. sustained major damage when Hurricane Katrina struck one year ago and are still undergoing a slow recovery process.
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August 24, 2006
New Orleans Still Recovering One Year After Katrina
A year after Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans, residents find that despite promises of aid from local, state and federal governments, the city still lacks adequate medical care and basic services. NewsHour correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports from three of the hardest hit neighborhoods of Gentilly, Uptown and the Lower Ninth Ward.
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July 27, 2006
New Orleans Churches Start from Scratch After Hurricane
After Hurricane Katrina tore through New Orleans last summer, the federal housing department said it would have to demolish 75 percent of the city's public housing. But many displaced residents are willing to move back to their former neighborhoods and make repairs themselves. Betty Ann Bowser provides a report.
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April 19, 2006
New Orleans Churches Start from Scratch After Hurricane
Following Hurricane Katrina, churches in New Orleans, like most structures, were caked in mud with little hope of returning to their former selves. Ray Suarez reports on the efforts of churches -- and their communities -- to renew themselves.
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April 13, 2006
Government Issues New Orleans Rebuilding Rules
The federal government on Thursday issued terms for rebuilding thousands of homes and businesses in New Orleans, including raising structures up to 3 feet to qualify for flood insurance.

J. Robert Hunter, former administrator of the National Flood Insurance Program; Walter Isaacson, president and CEO of the Aspen Institute; and Anthony Patton, a member of the bring back New Orleans commission discuss the guidelines.
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October 20, 2005
Passenger Rail Line, Green Space Mulled for Mississippi Renewal
Mississippi residents packed into town hall meetings this week to offer their views of how to rebuild the coastline damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Much of the discussion focused on the ideas of creating more green space and improving public access to the ocean.
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October 14, 2005
Planners Consider Future of New Orleans
Officials in New Orleans, a city twice flooded by hurricanes in 2005, now face the challenge of rebuilding one of America's most unique cities while making it safe for residents to live and work.
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October 14, 2005
Mississippi Lawmakers Approve Onshore Gambling as Biloxi Looks to Rebuild
Jutting from the coastline in Biloxi, Miss., casino barges have brought a steady stream of revenue to the area and created thousands of jobs for the once depressed coastal community of some 50,000 residents.
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October 4, 2005
Private Companies Rebuild Gulf
Awards to private contractors to aid recovery along the Gulf Coast make the largest transfer of federal funds into private hands. Most of the contracts were awarded with little or no bidding, worrying government watchdog groups. A report from Louisiana gives an overview of their contributions.
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September 30, 2005
New Orleans Mayor Organizes Rebuilding Commission
On a day in which he reopened neighborhoods that once housed more than 100,000 residents, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin announced a 17-member commission to draft a rebuilding plan for New Orleans, tapping business owners and others, including Roman Catholic Archbishop Alfred Hughes and jazz musician Wynton Marsalis, to the job.
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September 30, 2005
Small Louisiana Town Faces Daunting Rebuilding Effort
Video: Many small towns have felt overlooked and undersupplied since hurricanes Katrina and Rita brought crippling devastation. City leaders and residents of Vinton, a small Louisiana town about 10 miles from the Texas border, are struggling to clean up and rebuild in the aftermath of the storms.
-- Louisiana Public Broadcasting

September 23, 2005
City Leaders, Residents Take Early Look at Rebuilding New Orleans
Video: Government officials, residents, corporations and private investors debate how best to repopulate and rebuild the devastated city of New Orleans and who will fund the effort.
-- Louisiana Public Broadcasting

September 16, 2005
President's Address Opens Debate over Future of Gulf Region
President Bush's pledge to do "what it takes" to rebuild areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina has sparked a debate among officials, activists, scholars and others about the scope and goals of the government's effort. Ray Suarez speaks with Bruce Katz of the Brookings Institution; Alison Fraser of the Heritage Foundation; Mark Shleff-Steen, environmental reporter for the New Orleans Times-Picayune; Ronnie Seaton, a chef and teacher from New Orleans; and William Julius Wilson, a professor of social policy at Harvard University, about their reaction to President Bush's speech.
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