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Year: 2014

The Quarter’s a treasure — so should those trashy tourist shops be banned?

Many of the galleries proliferating in the Quarter sell wares distinguishable from souvenir-shop fare only by their price tags.
by C.W. Cannon April 11, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

Decision imminent on new management team for McDonogh City Park Academy

School's board of directors votes to stay with state pension plan for teachers.
by Kristen Himmelberg April 10, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

Plessy school leader talks up hiring Playworks to provide exercise, conflict resolution

A new policy for public comment requires filling out a card and presenting it to the board at the start of the meeting.
by Shea Drake April 10, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

Harney board approves contracts to enhance ESL and Common Core instruction

Newly enrolled student brings to 13 the number of Harney pupils for whom English is not their native language.
by Kelsey Foster April 10, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

Absent a quorum, Crescent City Schools board discusses ongoing need for donations

With or without Common Core standards, the school needs to upgrade computers and associated technology.
by Matt Higgins April 10, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

Choice Foundation jilted in bid to take over former Dunbar Elementary campus

“If you want us to compete, we have to compete on equal footing.” — board chair James Huger
by Della Hasselle April 10, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

Live chat: State Sen. Conrad Appel talks about Common Core, other bills

Join us at 1 p.m. Thursday.
by Tyler Bridges April 9, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

Their purchase offer rejected, residents ask Council to make Newcomb one-way

Safety concerns are cited as long-simmering neighborhood feud appears to be entering its final rounds.
by Karen Gadbois April 9, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

Applicants to parish public schools find out this week where — if? — they got in

Notification letters to be mailed by Friday. Some have already gone out from schools not using OneApp process.
by Jessica Williams April 9, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

A source of strength to slaves, call-and-response ritual sustains Kili climbers

A snowbound African mountain provides an unexpected encounter with a cultural artifact associated with the Deep South at its most brutal.
by Sallie Ann Glassman April 9, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

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