Leonie interviews Ashana Bigard, the author of an eye-opening new book, “Beyond Resilience: Katrina 20”, on what happened to New Orleans and its schools after Hurricane Katrina hit the city 20 years ago.
Gothamist, “From burner phones to decks of cards: NYC teens are adjusting to the smartphone ban”
https://gothamist.com/news/from-burner-phones-to-decks-of-cards-nyc-teens-are-adjusting-to-the-smartphone-ban?ref=hellgatenyc.com
Chalkbeat, “Cellphones out, Chromebooks in: NYC to give 350,000 students new laptops with free internet”
https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/09/08/nyc-students-get-350000-chromebooks-to-bridge-digital-divide/
Andrew Cuomo: “My plan to deliver for NYC’s 1 million schoolkids,” NY Post https://nypost.com/2025/09/08/opinion/andrew-cuomo-my-plan-to-deliver-for-nycs-1-million-schoolkids/
Chalkbeat, “NYC’s next mayor could shake up the schools chancellor search. This group has ideas for doing that.”
https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/09/10/mayoral-control-over-nyc-schools-chancellor-search-could-test-mamdani/
RJPS, “Beyond the Moment: Building the Future of NYC Public Education.” https://www.eventbrite.com/e/school-is-in-session-launching-the-rjps-education-roadmap-tickets-1591781654779
Ashana Bigard, “Beyond Resilience: Katrina 20”
https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Resilience-Unbreakable-Defending-Community/dp/B0FLVJ3TJT
Ashana Bigard, The Progressive Magazine, “The Billion-Dollar Experiment: How New Orleans’ Charter School Revolution Failed the Children It Promised to Save.” https://pv4ps.org/the-billion-dollar-experiment-how-new-orleans-charter-school-revolution-failed-the-children-it-promised-to-save/