Tulane University Institute Finds Racial Divide Over Post-Katrina Public School Changes: NEW ORLEANS – Numbers unveiled last week at a symposium on the pre- and post-Hurricane Katrina education of Black children in New Orleans provide yet another example of a racial divide.
Those numbers were from a survey of New Orleans voters for Tulane University's Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiatives. They showed a higher percentage of White voters (80 percent) than Black voters (57 percent) who say the state made the right decision in taking over most public schools in the city. Also, a significantly higher percentage of Whites (44 percent) than Blacks (24 percent) think the schools have improved since Katrina. While 63 percent of Whites in the survey opposed returning control to the Orleans Parish School Board, only 49 percent of Blacks surveyed were opposed.
