ERA in the News: 20th Anniversary Katrina Coverage

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.

New Orleans After Katrina: A 20-Year Perspective

On August 23, 2025, ERA-New Orleans host­ed an in-per­son pan­el dis­cus­sion at the War­ren Eas­t­on Arthur Hardy Audi­to­ri­um. The event fea­tured three pan­els focused on the past, present, and future of pub­lic edu­ca­tion in New Orlea…

Sage Sigler

Josep Nadal-Fernandez

Josep Nadal-Fer­nan­dez is a Senior Research Fel­low at ERA-New Orleans. …

The New Orleans Post-Katrina School Reforms: 20 Years of Lessons

The report synthesizes findings from over a two-decade period of research. It provides a comprehensive assessment of the nation's most dramatic educational overhaul, where nearly all public schools were converted to charter schools.

2024-25 Citywide Survey Checks In on New Orleans Students

The Education Research Alliance (ERA) at Tulane University is launching the third Citywide Youth Survey to better understand New Orleans students' experiences, including their views on teachers, neighborhood support, and career aspirations. This year's survey, running from March to April 2025, will include private school students for the first time, providing a more comprehensive look at the city's diverse education landscape and informing policies that support youth success.

College for All or College for Some: Charter High Schools and Students’ Futures in New Orleans

The Education Research Alliance for New Orleans is pleased to announce the release of a new study which examines the culture of college support in four New Orleans High Schools.

Sofia Gomez

Sofia Gomez is a Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Man­ag­er at ERA-New Orleans. …

Demystifying the New Orleans School Admission Process: What We've Learned About the NCAP School Lottery and Student Priority Categories

How does the New Orleans school place­ment algo­rithm work, and what is the best strat­e­gy for get­ting a pre­ferred place­ment? Check out this infor­ma­tive pan­el dis­cus­sion on cen­tral­ized enroll­ment in New Orleans. Pan­el…

How Has Centralized Enrollment Affected New Orleans Schools?

This report examines what happened when schools that had enrolled a highly disproportionate share of the system's white students entered the city's centralized enrollment system. It finds that the schools entering that system (OneApp/NCAP) led to increased access to those schools for Black and other nonwhite families.