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Reporting on education in New Orleans and across Louisiana. This category explores how policies, leadership, and community voices shape the experiences of students, teachers, and families—covering everything from classroom challenges to school reforms and success stories.

Emails: Kennedy High School administrators scrambled to confirm graduates’ eligibility, even after graduation day

Kennedy seniors are still waiting for their diplomas amid a grade-inflation investigation being conducted by the network, Orleans Parish School Board and a state review.
by Marta Jewson June 4, 2019 Updated August 23, 2022

State education department to review Kennedy High School amid grade-inflation investigation

by Marta Jewson May 31, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

Former dump site eyed for school athletic field is under state environmental review

The district wants to trade McDonogh 7, a 142-year-old school, for a HANO site on Earhart. A neighborhood group is suing. And the state is reviewing steps taken to clean contaminants from the HANO site.
by Marta Jewson May 31, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

Kennedy High School seniors await transcripts as charter board investigates ‘malfeasance’

Board president says the network is looking into whether graduating seniors will be impacted by results of grade-fixing investigation.
by Marta Jewson May 28, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

As results of grade-fixing probe loom, five Kennedy High School administrators are ‘no longer employees,’ board president says

Charter network's board will hear results of independent investigation into alleged grade inflation next week.
by Marta Jewson May 24, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

Orleans School Board moving ahead with McDonogh 7 land swap for former dumpsite

The district wants to build athletic fields atop the former dump that was more recently home to public housing, but a neighborhood group has filed a lawsuit against the district.
by Marta Jewson May 22, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019
Buses line up at John Dibert Community School near City Park.

Small charter groups seek shared bus company in hopes of saving money

Small charter groups lack the buying power of large school districts.
by Marta Jewson May 21, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

Friends of King charter group to move to four-day school week

Advocates of four-day school weeks say the schedule can save money and attract teachers. Critics worry about an extra day of childcare for working parents.
by Marta Jewson May 16, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

Ongoing asbestos cleanup forces two schools to spend another year in temporary campuses

by Marta Jewson May 15, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

Judge’s order allows Sophie B. Wright students to walk at graduation, but it may have come too late

The order came down 15 minutes before graduation was set to begin, according to a civil rights attorney who represented six students.
by Marta Jewson May 13, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

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