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High School Journal, 2010
Before Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans on August 29, 2005, one hundred and twenty one schools in the New Orleans Public Schools (NOPS) system were in the process of being transferred to the newly created, state run Recovery School District (RSD). On September 29, 2005, the New Orleans Parish School Board fired all 7500 employees, including every…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Story Telling, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods
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Ancelet, Barry Jean – International Journal of Oral History, 1983
To focus only on collecting traditional forms of folklore can mean missing important forms of oral history and literature. Stories from French Louisiana are used to illustrate the continuing tradition of oral literature in the region and the way in which oral history is altered for the listener's entertainment. (IS)
Descriptors: Folk Culture, Historiography, Interviews, Legends