Where the Schools Went
August 2025 marks 20 years since Hurricane Katrina altered New Orleans forever. Much has been written about the storm’s destruction and the city’s long road to recovery. But tucked behind those headlines is another story. One that shaped the lives of thousands of children.
Where the Schools Went is a five-part documentary series about what happened to the city’s schools after the levees broke, and how it led to the most radical education experiment in modern American history.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 42 minutes
- Episodes
- 6
- Years Active
- 2025
20 Years Later
Were the past 20 years of New Orleans reforms a success? In the final episode of Where the Schools Went, Ravi sits down with one of the foremost experts on the city’s schools, Doug Harris, to take a…
00:49:39 |
Tue 09 Sep 2025
System Reboot
After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans did something no other city had ever tried: it dismantled its entire school system. No school zones. No central offices. Even the local school board was sideline…
00:49:56 |
Tue 02 Sep 2025
The Teachers
This episode of Where the Schools Went examines one of the most explosive decisions in New Orleans’ post-Katrina story: the firing of every public school teacher in the city. The move devastated the …
00:48:49 |
Tue 26 Aug 2025
The Battle for Carver
After the storm, New Orleans faced two urgent questions: Which schools would be rebuilt, and who would be trusted to run them? In the second episode of Where the Schools Went, we follow the story of …
00:47:55 |
Tue 19 Aug 2025
What Washed Away
Years before the levees failed, New Orleans’ public schools were already in crisis. The corruption was so entrenched that the FBI even set up shop inside the district. The first episode of Where the …
00:53:48 |
Tue 12 Aug 2025
Introducing 'Where the Schools Went'
August 2025 marks 20 years since Hurricane Katrina altered New Orleans forever. Much has been written about the storm’s destruction and the city’s long road to recovery. But tucked behind those headl…
00:02:57 |
Tue 05 Aug 2025
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