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Houston Independent School District superintendent Abelardo Saavedra's week started poorly, got worse and then, thanks to the healing powers of federal dollars, took a turn toward the jubilant. Saavedra's 305 schools are educating more of the Gulf Coast's evacuee students than any other district in Texas, which in turn is housing more evacuees than any other state. On Tuesday, all that generosity seemed to backfire when a group of Katrina kids billeted in the Astrodome rumbled with local Texans at one of Saavedra's schools, sending five students to jail and three to a hospital. The scene...
...Friday, however, Saavedra was ecstatic. At a press conference in one of the Houston district's middle schools, Education Secretary Margaret Spellings announced that the Federal Government would request $2.6 billion from Congress to pay 90% of the average cost of educating each Katrina student, whether publicly or privately, up to a ceiling of $7,500 apiece. "From 9% to 90%," Saavedra said afterward, with the dazed elation of a lottery winner...
...with cheap digital devices and created some of the first icons of the 21st century. In the introduction to his refreshingly broad-minded book Witness: The World's Greatest News Photographers, Reuel Golden acknowledges these challenges for photojournalists. But as a senior editor at New York City's Photo District News, the largest U.S. magazine for the trade, he's keener to emphasize the personal integrity and courage of those who bring us bad news from dangerous places for a living. Golden understands that reportage with cameras was practiced steadily from the 1850s; he includes Roger Fenton and his panoramas...
...know what it means to return to New Orleans? Right now, it means facing some heath hazards, While Mayor Ray Nagin is in a big rush to welcome back business and residents to The Big Easy, especially in The French Quarter and Central Business District, which were relatively untouched by Hurricane Katrina, federal officials, worried about undrinkable water, possible health problems, and few hospital facilities, issued a warning Saturday that coming back might be risky. Admiral Thad Allen, in charge of FEMA's efforts in the area, urged business owners and residents to consider delaying their return rather than risk...
...with envy the quick return offered to residents in nearby Jefferson County, was trying hard to be upbeat this week. "It's a good day in New Orleans," he said on Thursday. "The sun is shining. We're bringing New Orleans back." He opened up not only the central district but also some residential areas largely untouched by flooded areas with some of the priciest real estate. Still, the federal government warns that the elderly, children and anyone with asthma or allergies should not return. For those who do, precaution includ wearing protective clothing, gloves and masks in areas...