The storm destroyed school buildings across the Gulf Coast, and the headaches for educators and families continue now into a third school year. In the case of New Orleans—where fewer than half the schools have reopened—Katrina paralyzed a public school system that was already one of the worst in the nation.
Eve Troeh was the only public radio reporter on the ground full-time in New Orleans after Katrina; she reports on public safety, housing, and cultural rebuilding.
Youth Radio partnered with local New Orleans youth media groups, schools, non-profit organizations, and individual young people to create Generation Katrina: Youth Voices from New Orleans.
Students at the Center produced a series of short movies by youth from New Orleans that address the impact of Katrina on the daily lives of young people.
"Those Who Fell Through the Cracks" is a collaborative photography project by Stanley Greene and Kadir van Lohuizen that documents Hurricane Katrina's effects on Gulf Coast residents who are still struggling to reestablish their lives after the storm.
Joseph Rodriguez created an extensive body of photographs that will be distributed as a book, featured in online exhibitions, and displayed as a traveling exhibition consisting of approximately 25 multimedia portraits of individuals affected by Hurricane Katrina.
