Hurricane Andrew, the Public Schools, and the Rebuilding of Community (SUNY series, Education and Culture: Critical Factors in the Formation of Character and Community in American Life)

Fradd, Sandra H.,Provenzo Jr., Eugene F.

ISBN 10: 0791424820 / ISBN 13: 9780791424827

Edité par SUNY Press, 1995

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• Titre: Hurricane Andrew, the Public Schools, and the Rebuilding of Community (SUNY series, Education and Culture: Critical Factors in the Formation of Character and Community in American Life)
• Éditeur: SUNY Press
• Date de parution: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0791424820
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780791424827
• Reliure: Paperback
• État de l'article: Very Good

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Synopsis

Shows how schools help people to cope with disasters and rebuild their communities.

Hurricane Andrew struck South Florida early on Monday morning, August 24, 1992. Widely described as the worst natural disaster in modern U.S. history, the storm left 38 people dead in South Florida, 80,000 homes destroyed, and damage estimates of at least $20 billion. The area devastated by the hurricane was approximately three times the size of Manhattan. Almost 250,000 people were left homeless by Andrew-roughly the population of the entire city of Las Vegas, Nevada. Garbage generated by the storm in a single night was equal to the projected landfill for Dade County for the next thirty years.

Hurricane Andrew, the Public Schools and the Rebuilding of Community addresses the experience of the Dade County Public Schools-its teachers and students, administrators and staff-during the first school year following the storm. In particular, it examines the role of the schools in helping people cope with a disaster of the magnitude of Hurricane Andrew, and more specifically, with their role in rebuilding community.

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Eugene F. Provenzo is Professor in the School of Education at the University of Miami, Coral Gables.