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New Orleans Schools Reach Out to Parents

The unsuccessful state of public schools in the nation is epitomized by the devastation of the city of New Orleans and the New Orleans Schools. Inner city and racial achievement gaps that had been ignored before Hurricane Katrina were impossible to ignore once the districts had to be rebuilt. The biggest challenge in rebuilding the New Orleans Schools seems to reflect the overall problem with public education in the United States. While everyone seems to have an opinion, no one really knows the best way to educate our children.

Helping Parents Adapt to the New Orleans Schools

Many former students of the New Orleans Schools are still scattered in other cities around the nation. But for those who returned to the emerging new system, the past school year has been confusing and often frenzied. Low-income parents and parents with little education are rarely comfortable in academic settings. But these are the people who the New Orleans Schools need to reach out to most.

A coalition of community groups has come together to create a parents' guide to the new New Orleans Schools. The New Orleans Parents' Guide to Public Schools contains a ton of information on the school options available, how to obtain lost documents, childcare, and picking the best school for your child.

The guide lists all 69 of the new New Orleans Schools, maps, photos, how to register, and transportation for each. The goal of the guide is two-fold. First, it aims to make parents more comfortable with the New Orleans Schools. Second, it tries to make accessing the information they need as convenient as possible. A list of locations where parents of children in the New Orleans Schools can pick up the book is available at www.nolaparentsguide.org .

The book's editor, Aesha Raheed, said, "Empowering all of our families is a critical step for us to redesign public education in New Orleans. We're focused on student achievement and academic outcomes. We have an opportunity to push us in that direction. We're redefining what the expectations of public education are... and making sure our students get the best education they can."

Challenges of Low Income Populations

Educators in New Orleans Schools are intimately familiar with the challenges of educationing "at-risk" populations. Children who come from poverty, who have poorly educated parents, or absent parents, or live in dangerous environments, are more likely to suffer from attention issues, undiagnosed learning disabilites, and to struggle in school. As a result of Hurricane Katrina, many of these children in the New Orleans Schools are now dealing with post-traumatic shock issues as well.

The one unexpected benefit of the devastating hurricane is that the New Orleans Schools are being rebuilt from the ground up. Administrators, educators, and parents of the New Orleans Schools district are creating new public schools, charter schools and other initiatives designed to provide all children with adequate public education.

Patricia Hawke is a staff writer for Schools K-12, providing free, in-depth reports on all U.S. public and private K-12 schools. For more information please visit New Orleans Schools

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Ever stop to wonder how many zeroes in a billion?
> This is too true to be funny. > > The next time you hear a politician use the > word 'billion' in a casual manner, think about > whether you want the 'politicians' spending > YOUR tax money. > > A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, > A billion seconds ago it was 1959. > > B. > A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive. > > C. > A billion hours ago our ancestors were > living in the Stone Age. > > D. > A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet. > > E. > A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, > at the rate our government > is spending it. > > While this thought is still fresh in our brain... > let's take a look at New Orleans .. > It's amazing what you can learn with some simple > division. > > Louisiana Senator, > Mary Landrieu (D) > is presently asking Congress?for > 250 BILLION DOLLARS > to rebuild New Orleans . W H A T !???? > A. > Well ... if you are one of the 484,674 residents of New > Orleans?? > (every man, woman, and child) EACH PERSON gets $516,528. > > B. > Or... if you have one of the 188,251 homes in > New Orleans , your home gets $1,329,787. > > C. > Or... if you are a family of four... > your family gets $2,066,012. > > Washington , D. C > >? HEL LO! > Are all your calculators broken?? > > Building Permit Tax > CDL License Tax > Cigarette Tax > Corporate Income Tax > Dog License Tax > Federal Income Tax (Fed) > Federal Unemployment Tax (FU TA) > Fishing License Tax > Food License Tax > Fuel Permit Tax > Gasoline Tax > Hunting License Tax > Inheritance Tax > Inventory Tax > IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax) > IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax) > Liquor Tax > Luxury Tax > Marriage License Tax > Medicare Tax > Property Tax > Real Es tate Tax > Service charge taxes > Social Security Tax > Road Usage Tax (Truckers) > Sales Taxes > Recreational Vehicle Tax > School Tax? > State Income Tax? > State Unemployment Tax (SUTA) > Telephone Federal Excise Tax > Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax > Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax > Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax > Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax? > Telephone State and Local Tax > Telephone Usage Charge Tax > Utility Tax > Vehicle License Registration T ax > Vehicle Sales Tax > Watercraft Registration Tax > Well Permit Tax > Workers Compensation Tax > (And to think, we left British Rule to avoid so many taxes) > > > STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY? > NONE of these taxes existed 100 years ago... > and our nation was the most prosperous in the world.!!!!!! > > We had absolutely no national debt...!!!!! > We had the largest middle class in the world...!!!!! > and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.!!!!! >! > What happened? > Can you spell 'politicians!' > > And I still have to > press '1' for English. > > I hope this goes around the > U S A at least ONE BILLION? times by then, our great great great great Grandchildren just MIGHT get it!!!

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Why Do You Think So Many People Had Issues With Rebuilding New Orleans?
Less than half of it is below sea level and Florida gets hit with far more hurricanes. And at least there is some warning with hurricanes, a few days warning, unlike tornadoes & earthquakes. Many people are rebuilding, themselves. Of course, there are lazy people, there always are, but for the most part, I think people have done it themselves. Dammit, what are you talking about? OK, so you changed the flunk part. Yes, LA politicans suck. But don't most politicans anywhere? What does this have to do with the CITIZENS?

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Do our politicians realize what a billion really is? Maybe we should tell them?
The next time you hear a politician use the word 'billion' in a casual manner, think about whether you want the 'politicians' spending YOUR tax money. A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective in one of it's releases. A. A billion seconds ago it was 1959. B. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive. C. A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age. D. A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth. E. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate our government is spending it. While this thought is still fresh in our brain... let's take a look at New Orleans ... It's amazing what you can learn with some simple division. Louisiana Senator, Mary Landrieu (D)is presently asking Congress for 250 BILLION DOLLARS to rebuild New Orleans Interesting number... what does it mean? A. Well... if you are one of the 484,674 residents of New Orleans (every man, woman, and child) you each get $516,528. B. Or... if you have one of the 188,251 homes in New Orleans , your home gets $1,329,787. C. Or... if you are a family of four...your family gets $2,066,012. Washington , D. C HELLO! Are all your calculators broken??

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Why should they rebuild New Orleans?
cause prolly in 10 years another hurricane will screw everything up

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