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Prior to the storm, almost two-thirds of New Orleans public school students attended failing schools, half dropped out, and fewer than one in five enrolled in college.1 The school system suffered severe financial mismanagement, corruption, and crumbling school infrastructures.2  \nYet in the midst of a national tragedy came an unprecedented opportunity for education reform. Louisiana transferred 80% of the city’s public schools to the state-run Recovery School District (RSD), which, over the next decade, converted them all into charter schools.3 The elected Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB) turned most of its 17 remaining schools into charters as well.4 In 2018, the state “reunified” the RSD schools with the local school board.5 By 2020, the OPSB had converted its last two schools to charters, making New Orleans the first large U. S. school district composed entirely of charter schools.6  \nThis sweeping education reform led to remarkable academic gains. Over the last 20 years, student outcomes have grown substantially. Despite harder assessments, students have jumped ten percentage points in reading and math at fourth and eighth grade, and graduation and college enrollments have rocketed by more than twenty percentage points.7 In 2024, not a single New Orleans school was rated as “failing” by the state accountability system.8  \nThe New Orleans model will not translate perfectly to all American districts, given the unique circumstances of post-Katrina recovery. Nonetheless, elements of its approach provide a compelling blueprint for large bureaucratic districts. These include  \n• Significant school autonomy, so school leaders have the freedom they need to craft schools that meet their students’ needs.  \n• Accountability for student performance, including the opportunity for schools to expand and/or replicate if successful, and to face replacement or closure if not.  \n• Full choice between a diverse array of educational models.  \n• Competition for students and dollars among schools.  \n• A board and superintendent largely freed of responsibility for operating schools, enabling them to concentrate on system-wide needs and issues.  \nThe reinvention of New Orleans’ public schools represents both stunning success and critical lessons. If every major American public school system could achieve similar improvements, the effect on children across the nation would be profound.  \n20 YEARS OF REINVENTION: EDUCATION REFORM IN NEW ORLEANS  \n20 Years of Reinvention: Education Reform in New Orleans  \nEMILY LANGHORNE  \nRACHEL CANTER  \nSEPTEMBER 2025  \nINTRODUCTION  \nTwenty years ago, on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina, to date oneof the top five deadliest storms in  \nU.S. history,9 struck Louisiana and the Mississippi Gulf Coast. New Orleans’federally constructed levee system began to falter before the storm even fully made landfall, ultimately leading to total failure within hours.10 The resulting floods submerged 80% of the city, destroyed tens of thousands of homes, displaced hundreds of thousands of residents, and accounted for a significant portion of the storm’s approximately 1,800 deaths.11  \nHurricane Katrina was an economic and human catastrophe. Yet, for years before the storm made landfall, New Orleans had already been grappling with another devastating crisis: a public education system that trapped children in failing schools, condemning many to ongoing cycles of poverty. In 2004, 61% of the city’s public school students attended failing schools.12 Only half of these students graduated, and fewer than ","cbCaie54Pc3x5y8r","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaie54Pc3x5y8r","pdf",1402744,37,"English","# Executive Summary\n# Introduction\n# The Chaos Before the Storm","[{\"question\":\"What triggered New Orleans’s public education transformation after Hurricane Katrina?\",\"answer\":\"Hurricane Katrina accelerated the collapse of an already failing public school system amid financial mismanagement, corruption, and deteriorating infrastructure, creating an opening for reform.\"},{\"question\":\"How did New Orleans restructure its schools over the following decade?\",\"answer\":\"Louisiana transferred 80% of public schools to the state-run Recovery School District, which converted them into charters, while the Orleans Parish School Board also turned most remaining schools into charters before later re-unification.\"},{\"question\":\"What academic outcomes does the report highlight from the reform model?\",\"answer\":\"Over 20 years, student outcomes rose substantially, including ten-point improvements in reading and math for fourth and eighth grade and more than twenty-point jumps in graduation and college enrollment, with no schools rated “failing” in 2024.\"}]","20 Years of Reinvention - Education Reform in New Orleans | PDF",1792060868,93]