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Behind The Lens episode 43: ‘It’s not fair that to get your children basic educational services in this city that that’s what it has to come to’

A conflict of interest surfaces in light of a new study on short term rentals, a local parent discovers that New Orleans' charter schools aren't legally required to offer special education programming, and a candidate for Commissioner of Agriculture takes a holistic approach to farming.
by Jessica Rosgaard


This week on Behind The Lens:

A city contractor that authored a new report on short term rentals has ties to AirBnB. Michael Isaac Stein has the story.

And Marta Jewson talks to a mother who spent over a year waiting to have her child tested for special education, and learned from the Louisiana Department of Education that New Orleans’ charter schools aren’t required to provide programs for gifted students.

Also, we talk to Marguerite Green – a progressive Democrat who’s hoping to be Louisiana’s next Commissioner of Agriculture.

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