New Orleans schools aim higher

The last lesson Gil Wilson taught before Hurricane Katrina still fills a chalkboard inside abandoned Lafon Elementary School. Recently, on a warm Sunday morning, he donned a jacket and tie and interviewed for another job within the same school system.
Silver-haired and 54, Wilson lost his job when the Orleans Parish public school system shut down after the hurricane. He and the rest of the city's teachers and families face the task of rebuilding New Orleans' public schools — even as the ghostly ruins of the old system surround them.

from USA Today