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The Future Is Smaller: What New Orleans Learned Before America Had To
Across America, fewer children are entering public schools. Birth rates are falling, families are shrinking, and communities that once planned for continued growth are confronting a very different future: fewer students, tighter budgets, and more school buildings than they can afford to operate.
New Orleans faced this reality earlier than many cities.
The Future Is Smaller: What New Orleans Learned Before America Had To examines what the city’s experience can teach communities now grappling…
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The Future Is Smaller: What New Orleans Learned Before America Had ToWhere Did All the Children Go?
What happens when a country that spent decades building schools for more students suddenly has fewer children to fill them? Across the United States, declining…
The Future Is Smaller: What New Orleans Learned Before America Had ToThe Last Miss Douglass
Frederick A. Douglass High School had just earned an “A” rating when students learned it would merge with another New Orleans high school. Why would a…
The Future Is Smaller: What New Orleans Learned Before America Had ToComing October 15: The Future Is Smaller
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