She went to New Orleans to clean up after Hurricane Katrina – and stayed to start a charter school | The Christian Science Monitor

Melanie Stetson Freeman/CSM Staff

The aftermath of hurricane Katrina has resulted in what locals here call a "brain gain": Educated and passionate young people are settling in New Orleans to play a role in its rebirth. Take Channa Mae Cook. The city's comeback story surely will include a chapter on her Sojourner Truth Academy, a coed charter high school with a curriculum tailored around social justice...

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