ERA in the News: 20th Anniversary Katrina Coverage

September 24, 2025

Over these past months, our research and work have been featured in major outlets covering New Orleans schools 20 years after Hurricane Katrina. A few of these stories are highlighted in this article.

A few of these stories are highlighted below.

• Local Press
  
  
  New Orleans schools were radically remade after Katrina. He wanted to know: Did it work?, NOLA.com — Patrick Wall
  
  
  Did the post-Katrina overhaul of New Orleans schools help students? Here's what the data says, NOLA.com — Marie Fazio
  
  
  NOLA-PS student success spiked in the years after Katrina, but has since slowed, report shows, FOX 8 Live — Chris Joseph
  
  
  Recovery to Restructure | 20 Years Since Hurricane Katrina, WWL-TV — Leigha McNeil
  
  
  
• National Press
  
  
  CNN This Morning with Audie Cornish — ERA’s Associate Director for Research, Jamie Carroll, spoke about the post-Katrina reforms. Watch the full segment here
  
  
  ‘Never seen before’: How Katrina set off an education revolution, Washington Post — Ian Birrell
  
  
  Education Lessons from New Orleans, Two Decades After Katrina, FutureEd — Thomas Toch and Erik Robelen
  
  
  Education Reform in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Fordham Institute — Kamren Herring
  
  
  No Idea Too Radical: Inside New Orleans’ Dramatic K-12 Turnaround After Katrina, The 74 — Beth Hawkins
  
  
  20 years after Katrina, New Orleans schools are still 'a work in progress', NPR — Aubri Juhasz
  
  We appreciate these publications for featuring our research as the city reflects on 20 years since Katrina and its impact on education.