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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.

Busing dispute at Einstein schools is headed to court

The Orleans Parish School Board says Einstein has to bus its kids. Einstein says it's enough to give them tokens to ride public transit.
by Marta Jewson November 30, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

New Orleans schools will wait longer for filters to screen lead from drinking water

The decision to seek filters that screen microbes has raised the cost and delayed installation.
by Marta Jewson November 29, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

State ratings for New Orleans schools are on a three-year slide

School Performance Scores for about 65 percent of schools are down since 2014.
by Marta Jewson November 27, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

With vote to close Mahalia Jackson, school board continues to whittle away at traditional schools

After it closes next spring, just three traditional schools will remain in the city.
by Marta Jewson November 17, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Mahalia Jackson Elementary is one step away from closing at the end of the school year

A board committee voted to close the school and hand the building over to Dryades YMCA, which operates a nearby charter school.
by Marta Jewson November 14, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

School board considers closing Mahalia Jackson school, offering building to Dryades YMCA

Dryades would move younger students at James M. Singleton Charter School to the site.
by Marta Jewson November 13, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Compare 2017 school performance scores for New Orleans schools

Schools run by the Orleans Parish School Board and the Recovery School District received a C this year.
by Marta Jewson November 7, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

State warns International High School for making it hard for students to enroll

This is the second time in two years the school has been cited for enrollment violations.
by Marta Jewson November 2, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

School drinking water will be tested for lead — after filters are installed to remove it

If the filters are installed properly, the tests should not detect any lead. School leaders decided not to test the water before installing filters.
by Marta Jewson October 27, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Orleans Parish School Board plans to spend $800,000 on filters to remove lead from water

School officials planned to test water, but they changed course after the water board raised questions.
by Marta Jewson October 26, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

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