Did New Orleans adequately address problems facing special needs students in the wake of Hurricane Katrina? Influential figures on both sides of the debate met on the same stage Wednesday.

The conservative American Enterprise Institute hosted an event looking back at a decade of education reforms in New Orleans in the wake of Katrina. In order to get a variety of viewpoints, pro- and anti-charter school advocates were invited to participate. During the event’s final panel, Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, and Paul Pastorek, former Superintendent of Education in Louisiana, exchanged words.