The first two public high schools opened in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina devastated the entire school system in August. A report looks at the challenges facing returning students, teachers and administrators as they try to rebuild the schools.

On Thursday, the White House asked for another $1.5 billion to rebuild New Orleans' levee system, roughly doubling the federal commitment. Following a background report, Donald Powell, the federal coordinator for Gulf Coast recovery, explains how the added funds will…

Over three months after Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, many evacuees are still far from the homes they left in New Orleans. This report details the lives of some that have been forced to move to Atlanta -- and…

As part of Virginia's "Turn Around Specialist Program," Principal Parker Land took a pay cut and moved from an affluent suburb to an inner-city school on the state's warning list. In this first part of a yearlong series, education correspondent…

A science unit report looks at the environmental cleanup in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina inundated the city with filthy floodwater. Federal and state officials are at odds with environmental groups over the danger posed by toxins found in and…

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff tapped Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Donald Powell Tuesday to head the federal government's effort to rebuild areas of the Gulf Coast devastated by hurricanes Rita and Katrina.