The New Orleans community faces many school-related and non-school-related issues. This is due to the fact that in 2005, Hurricane Katrina destroyed as much as 80% of the city. Many parts of the city were below sea level and many of which were only a few feet above sea level, in some areas they were inundated with water up to 25 feet deep. This storm damaged or destroyed more than 100 of the school district's 128 school buildings. During this time, school reform swept through the city, taking advantage of the damage and turning the area into a testing ground for charter schools. The majority of students attending New Orleans public schools now attend independent public charter schools, making New Orleans the only city in the nation where more than half of all public school children attend charter schools. This natural disaster caused the population of New Orleans to decrease by more than half after Hurricane Katrina hit. Seven years after the hurricane, the population of New Orleans represents 76% of the population before the storm hit. Of this 76%, 21.3% are school-age children. In the aftermath of the hurricane, many children were homeless and without school. There were community organizations and unions that helped parents decide which school to enroll their children in, helped raise funds, and provided general guidance to new schools that were built. Over the past 3 years, 33 New Orleans public schools have been flagged for allegations of cheating on standardized tests. In 2010, 2011 and 2012 alone, there were 51 separate cases of irregular test scores in schools. This may occur because standardized testing is a primary issue in New Orleans. Usually schools that continually have low test scores would be taken over by… middle of the paper… the RSD agency was taking over all the low performing schools. Based on my research on New Orleans and this documentary I think that as a solution teachers and communities should have control over education reform policies because no one knows better than teachers what is effective and what is not. I also believe that all students should have equal opportunities in education, regardless of their socioeconomic status, race or special needs, every child should receive the same level of education. I also strongly disagree that testing is the driving factor in funding and that teachers' jobs are at stake because many students are bad at taking tests. This documentary and my research on New Orleans has definitely changed my views on the education system and opened my eyes as a future educator to the issues that are currently being addressed as an educator.