Lawyer says the school has been using federal privacy laws to avoid records requests and will not agree to a procedure allowing students to waive those protections. Kennedy’s charter group will relinquish the school next month.
Author Orissa Arend recalls the Black Panthers' community policing effort in the Desire Housing Project in her latest op-ed. "Look at us now, 50 years later, experiencing a worldwide consciousness awakening to the realization that the Panthers were right!"
More than a week after the Crescent City Connection incident, New Orleans’ police chief faces tough questions at City Council. And a new survey of New Orleans students supports the idea that the educational experience is split badly along racial lines.
Ferguson struggles to answer questions about what danger the march posed as he maintains that blocking it was the right move.
The board selected Grisela Jackson to serve out the final seven months of Ben Kleban’s term.
The federal suit, filed by Coghill’s charter group to stop the takeover, is not scheduled to go to trial until September, months after the district is scheduled to convert it into a direct-run school.
Video released after criticism for use of tear gas, projectiles.
"I believe we could feed our fellow New Orleanians in a dignified way, rally the community behind a mission, and make sure no one goes hungry in the best food city in America," writes the founder of the Krewe of Red Beans. But he says the city's RFP has some issues.
Community members asked for more input in the district's COVID-19 reopening task force.
Federal lawsuit sought release of 14 people who are especially vulnerable to complications from the disease.
