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Former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom J. Ridge discussed his role in the Hurricane Katrina crisis, terrorism, and his own political aspirations in an interview yesterday with The Harvard Crimson...
...When you left the Department, did you foresee the possibility of government mishandling an event like Katrina...
...only did we foresee the possibility, we anticipated it. One of my great disappointments with the government’s response to Katrina was that the procedures and plans that we had developed in anticipation of something as cataclysmic as Katrina were not applied in a timely or effective way. No one could have prevented the levees from breaking, but I think much of the problem with the Katrina disaster was the failure of political and government leadership at the local, mayor, state, and federal level...
...Road to Reform Clear standards, testing and assessments would permit more experimentation by schools and individual teachers. After Hurricane Katrina, a surge of young and creative educators went to New Orleans, led by Teach for America, New Leaders for New Schools, the New Schools Venture Fund and successful charter operators like KIPP Academies. Now more than 60% of the students are in charters, and test scores are improving. For such a system of experimentation to work, there need to be clear standards and assessments so that parents and administrators can know which schools are successful. Indeed, the entire national debate...
...poet Wendell Berry, but is a little too high-minded and low-energy for my tastes. I had more fun with the raucous urban energy in Ameriville, from the New York-based troupe Universes, which uses a mix of song, poetry and movement to express the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina, even though its hectoring tone eventually becomes wearing...