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The New Orleans class of 2015: what it tells us and what it doesn't

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imageWhere did the children go post-Katrina?Lori Peek, Author provided

Hurricane Katrina led to the largest population displacement in the United States since the Dust Bowl. Over one-third of the 450,000 Louisiana and Mississippi residents displaced from their homes were children.

What happened to these children? Where did they...

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