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Kids Rethink New Orleans Schools
Author: Kids Rethink New Orleans Schools
Location: New Orleans, LA
We are a group of students in New Orleans who want to rethink and rebuild our schools after Hurricane Katrina. Our vision is simple: a great education for every kid in our city, no matter the color of their skin, what neighborhood they stay in or how much money their parents make. In early 2006, a group of community organizers, artists, architects, media experts and educators began organizing Rethink. In mid-2006, they brought twenty middle school students (us) together for our first summer school. Every kid was recovering from a hard year that included Hurricane Katrina, losing our houses, leaving the city, and going to new schools away from home. As of 2011, the Rethinkers are in the middle of their 5th year.
Links:
- Kids Rethink New Orleans Schools (website) - http://www.therethinkers.com/
- A green school with a view...of dignity (article) - http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2010-09-24/green-school-viewof-dignity
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