In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, state officials in Louisiana saw an opportunity to transform New Orleans public schools, many of which they considered "failing." Twenty years later, we look at one of the biggest experiments in U.S. public education and whether the move to charter schools was a success.

After Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans 20 years ago, its school system started over. Many of the city's veteran educators were replaced with young people who were new to teaching — and new to New Orleans.

One hundred schools were put into a state-run district, and within a decade, the state closed all of them, replacing them with charter schools.

Hundreds of billions of dollars in cuts to federal health care spending, passed last month as part of President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” could mean that, over the next 10 years, millions more Americans will be left without health insurance of any kind.

Louisiana could join a Florida-led push to limit the power of existing higher education accreditors.

A cash transfer program for high schoolers resulted in better attendance and more financial literacy, but no improvement in grades.

A judge has ordered the release of two Iranian-born LSU students from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center, where they have been detained since late June.

Nine Southern University students who had their visas revoked by the Trump administration earlier this year have since had them reinstated, according to the university.

Education reporter Aubri Juhasz talked to two UNO employees about the university’s future and what they believe needs to change.

In this week’s episode, we share some good news from the region: our states are leading the way on third-grade reading skills.