Date of Award
Spring 5-16-2016
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Social Work
First Advisor
Richard Lyle, Ph.D.
Second Advisor
Robert W. Waymer, Ph.D.
Third Advisor
Clinton E. Dye, Ph.D.
Abstract
This study examines the relationship between the 2005 education reform, Hurricane Katrina, and the development of charter schools in New Orleans, Louisiana. The education reforms were established in November 2005, three months after the storm, with the enactment of the Louisiana Recovery School District Law, Act No. 35, First Extraordinary Session, 2005, House Bill No.121. The study answered three questions pertaining to the variables that follow: the relationship between the 2005 education reform and Hurricane Katrina, the relationship between the 2005 education reform and the development of charter schools, and the relationship between Hurricane Katrina and the development of charter schools. Respondents to the survey were comprised of 312 adults, ages 18 years old or older. The conclusions drawn from the findings indicated that there was not a statistically significant relationship between the variables, 2005 education reform and Hurricane Katrina, and Hurricane Katrina and the development of charter schools in New Orleans. However, the findings also revealed that there was a statistically significant relationship between the two variables, 2005 education reform and the development of charter schools in New Orleans.
Recommended Citation
Moore, Janice Chube, "A Study of the Relationship between the 2005 Education Reform, Hurricane Katrina, and the Development of Charter Schools in New Orleans, Louisiana" (2016). Electronic Theses & Dissertations Collection for Atlanta University & Clark Atlanta University. 34.
http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/cauetds/34