Feet to the Fire: New Orleans Kids Rethink Their Devastated School System
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| Title: | Feet to the Fire: New Orleans Kids Rethink Their Devastated School System |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Wholey, Jane, Burkes, Betty |
| Source: | Teachers College Record. 2015 117(13):221-236. |
| Availability: | Teachers College, Columbia University. P.O. Box 103, 525 West 120th Street, New York, NY 10027. Tel: 212-678-3774; Fax: 212-678-6619; e-mail: tcr@tc.edu; Web site: http://www.tcrecord.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 16 |
| Publication Date: | 2015 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
| Education Level: | Middle Schools Secondary Education Junior High Schools |
| Descriptors: | Middle School Students, Documentaries, Films, Natural Disasters, Weather, Schools, Educational Change |
| Geographic Terms: | Louisiana |
| ISSN: | 0161-4681 |
| Abstract: | Kids Rethink New Orleans Schools is an organization of primarily middle school youth that formed after Hurricane Katrina destroyed most of the city's schools. This chapter describes Rethink's first six years of operation, which culminated in school system policy changes and an HBO documentary about the organization's groundbreaking work. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2015 |
| Access URL: | https://www.tcrecord.org/content.asp?contentid=18290 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1083016 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Kids Rethink New Orleans Schools is an organization of primarily middle school youth that formed after Hurricane Katrina destroyed most of the city's schools. This chapter describes Rethink's first six years of operation, which culminated in school system policy changes and an HBO documentary about the organization's groundbreaking work. |
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| ISSN: | 0161-4681 |
