This story was produced by The Lens, a nonprofit, nonpartisan public-interest newsroom in New Orleans, and reprinted with permission. At the back of the old McDonogh 35 school on Marais Street, n...
This story was reprinted with permission from The Lens, a nonprofit, in-depth news site serving New Orleans. The number of pre-kindergarten seats in New Orleans has dropped substantially since Hu...
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This story is reprinted with permission. ExCEED Network Schools Charter Management Organization, a new group led by principals and Orleans Parish school district staff, has withdrawn its applicat...
This story appears courtesy of The Lens. A new report finds that New Orleans schools spend more on administration and less on teaching than than they would have if they had not undergone a transf...
One of New Orleans’ largest charter operators has spent the past year righting its special-education program — and tracking down 62 kids who didn’t receive the extra help they needed. The L...
Neon-clad construction workers stood out against a drab graveyard of twisted rebar and toppled concrete pillars on the site of New Orleans’ Booker T. Washington High School in Central City rece...
Researchers and reporters across the country are telling the world this month about the changes in New Orleans education since Hurricane Katrina, highlighting the unparalleled charter school expa...
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NEW ORLEANS — A long, blue ribbon with a giant bow graced the front of McDonogh 42 School’s packed cafeteria at its reopening ceremony last week. In front of quiet, yet slightly squirmy ele...
The head of one of New Orleans’ newest charter schools spent the last year taking care of nearly everything needed for the first day of school — leasing buildings, drawing up a budget and hir...
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NEW ORLEANS — Valerie McGinley’s 15-year-old son started 10th grade on Monday, but his sister and three step-siblings could sleep in, riding out the varying lengths of their summer vacations....
https://hechingerreport.org/why-theres-no-such-thing-as-the-first-day-of-school-in-new-orleans/