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What Los Angeles-area schools can learn from other districts devastated by natural disasters

  • Written by Lee Ann Rawlins Williams, Clinical Assistant Professor of Education, Health and Behavior Studies, University of North Dakota
imageEliot Arts Magnet Middle School burned when the Eaton Fire swept through Altadena, Calif., in January 2025.JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images

As Los Angeles County students begin returning to school after wildfires devastated the region, it’s worth examining how other U.S. educational systems disrupted by natural disasters have moved forward.

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