The Perceptions of New Orleans Educators on the Process of Rebuilding the New Orleans School System after Katrina |
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| Authors: | Brian Beabout Alison A Carr-Chellman Khaled A Alkandari Luis C Almeida Husra T Gursoy Ziyan Ma |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Educational Leadership, Counseling, and Foundations , University of New Orleans , bbeabout@uno.edu;3. Instructional Systems Program, Pennsylvania State University ,;4. Department of Communications , Waynesburg University , |
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| Abstract: | This exploratory study seeks to understand the perceptions of New Orleans educators on the process of rebuilding the school system destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in August, 2005. Interviews with 10 educators and extensive document analysis allowed for an exploration of the phenomenology of this unique case of school reform in response to a natural disaster. Using the theoretical framework of chaos theory, the data reveal that this instance of school reform is influenced heavily by the uncertainties of life in post-Katrina New Orleans and that the presence of both hope and pessimism for positive change indicate a slower, less dramatic change in the New Orleans Public Schools (NOPS) than some had predicted. |
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