Essence Festival Day of Service Offers Snapshot of New Orleans Recovery | TIME

As we approach the 10 year anniversary of Katrina BonaResponds will be looking periodically back at Katrina and our founding.  This will likely continue through the 10th anniversary of our "Big Trip" in March.  We kick it off with this current look at New Orleans.





Essence Festival Day of Service Offers Snapshot of New Orleans Recovery | TIME:

"The day of service at KIPP Renaissance High school was like a snapshot of the work that has taken place across New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. In the 10 years since the levees broke and flooded 80% of the city, 94% of metro New Orleans’ 2000 population has returned. The economy is on the rebound with big businesses and startups popping up all across the area, though poverty remains pervasive in pockets of the city. The city’s all-charter school system has been held up by local officials as a potential model for the rest of the country, though reports from Mother Jones and Think Progress have found there is cause for concern in some areas, namely standardized test scores. Ask anyone—from the Mayor to Thursday’s volunteers—and they’ll acknowledge how far the city has left to go, but they can’t help but note how far it has come."

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