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Author Archives: Katy Reckdahl

Katy Reckdahl is a regular contributor to the Hechinger Report, the New Orleans Advocate | Times-Picayune and WDSU television and writes frequently for the New York Times and The Weather Channel. She has won more than two-dozen first-place awards from the New Orleans Press Club and received several national awards, including a James Aronson Award and a Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism for print stories and three Emmy Awards for her TV-documentary work.

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The ‘Katrina-to-Covid Class’: How the coronavirus era affects New Orleans students more acutely

by Katy Reckdahl June 27, 2020October 21, 2020

Satoriya Lambert was still a toddler when Hurricane Katrina struck her hometown. After the levees burst open, her family carried Satoriya to a waiting car on higher ground and they fled the flooded city. This story also appeared in HuffPost Satoriya is now 18. Last month, because of coronavirus restrictions, she was allowed to bring […]

No longer ruled out: an educator develops strategies to keep court-involved students in school

by Katy Reckdahl March 23, 2020October 21, 2020

Two percent of teachers are black men. A city is trying to recruit more.

by Katy Reckdahl September 10, 2019October 21, 2020

New Orleans loses teachers at double the rate of other cities like it

by Katy Reckdahl September 9, 2019October 21, 2020

Marching in Mardi Gras, a New Orleans school that once struggled shows off

by Katy Reckdahl March 3, 2019October 21, 2020

As a 6-year-old, Leona Tate helped desegregate schools. Now she wants others to learn that history

by Katy Reckdahl January 1, 2019October 21, 2020

Getting a GED while still enrolled in high school

by Katy Reckdahl March 5, 2018October 21, 2020

Held back, but not helped

by Katy Reckdahl January 8, 2018October 21, 2020

Charter schools aren’t measuring up to their promises

by Katy Reckdahl October 17, 2017October 21, 2020

A new movement to treat troubled children as ‘sad, not bad’

by Katy Reckdahl January 25, 2017October 21, 2020

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