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After Katrina: Mobilizing in the Wake of Devastation
A full academic year after the storm hit, New Orleans has a grand plan to remake its battered schools. Making it a reality will take unity and money, two commodities rare in this fabled city. More to this story.
| About This Video
Release Date:5/6/2006
Running Time: 4 min.
Video Credits
Produced, Shot, and Directed by
- Ken Ellis
Associate Producer and Editor:
- Amy Erin Borovoy
Original Music:
- Ed Bogas
Special Thanks To
- Plaquemines Parish School Board
- Hurricane Education Leadership Project
- © 2006
- The George Lucas Educational Foundation
- All rights reserved.
Flooded libraries in the Midwest
Submitted by Chris McGrath (not verified) on July 14, 2008 - 10:40.
Thank you for your report on the devastation to libraries in Katrina's wake. What do you know about the extent of damage to libraries in the midwest after their flooding? And what is being done to help those poor folks as well?
I viewed you video and was
Submitted by Janet A. Alberts (not verified) on June 27, 2007 - 08:17.
I viewed you video and was moved. I lived and taught in New Orleans. I am now in Birmingham. I am still trying to adjust to the city. I know that it is hard for the students. They have an advantage that we, teachers, do not possess--time is on their side and they will have a longer time to help make dealing and living with disasters more acceptable. The young man in the video said it all. He will pursue his education and he can use the experience to help make that adjustment as a 'teaching tool of life'.
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