A reprint of the article "Teaching Children of Catastrophe," by Geneva Gay, which appeared in the Winter 2007 issue of the journal is presented. It analyzes the lessons learned from teaching children in the U.S. who are victims of Hurricane Katrina to generate better educational opportunities and outcomes for ethnically, racially, and culturally different students. These lessons include the infeasibility of charity as pedagogy, the limitations of good intentions and the nature of racism.