Behind The Lens episode 99: This is the way we go to school

Colleges and elementary schools are back in session. Wait, why is that news? Oh right.

On Behind the Lens this week, school is in for thousands of public school students enrolled in public schools in New Orleans. We checked in on the first day of class.

Some COVID patients are receiving a promising treatment at Tulane and Ochsner hospitals, we discuss the issues surrounding the decision to administer it. Also in health news, Tulane students who have tested positive for the disease or who have been exposed have been asked to self-quarantine with little guidance on how to do that. Some have opted to rent out Airbnbs throughout the city.

Our guests this week are education reporter Marta Jewson, health reporter Philip Kiefer and editor of The Lens, Charles Maldonado.

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Carolyne Heldman

Carolyne Heldman Rovira has been in media for 35 years, and is currently the podcast host and producer for Behind The Lens. Heldman served as executive director at Aspen Public Radio, an NPR affiliate, where she launched four weekly news, public affairs, and cultural affairs programs. She has been a guest lecturer at Tulane University, is a frequent guest and moderator for the Aspen Institute, Rocky Mountain Institute, and the American Enterprise Institute.