The district also has concerns over Coghill’s use of federal education funding.
Posted inInside the News Room
Help The Lens report on credit recovery in New Orleans high schools
The Lens wants to learn more about credit recovery at other New Orleans high schools. Did you experience any problems with credits when graduating? Did you use course recovery and credit remediation programs in high school?
Posted inInside the News Room, Uncategorized
Week in Review: New Orleans becomes first major American city without traditional schools
New Orleans becomes first major American city without traditional schools On a typically hot July 1 in south Louisiana, when many students and educators are enjoying long holiday vacations, New Orleans has quietly become the first major American city without any traditional schools. The Orleans Parish school district has teetered on the edge of an […]
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Behind The Lens episode 39: ‘That’s where the district wants to go’
A special all-schools episode. Host and producer Jessica Rosgaard talks to education researcher Doug Harris about New Orleans becoming an all-charter city. And we hear from the lawyer for a family suing John F. Kennedy High School.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Judge signs order voiding City Council Entergy plant votes
Attorneys for the city argued that the final vote, on March 8, 2018, should stand. But the judge ruled that the presence of paid actors at an earlier meeting tainted the process.
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In our opinion: Thank you to Jed Horne
Lens staff members offer their appreciation to the longtime opinion editor, who retires this month.
Posted inSchools
State report: Kennedy HS misused credit recovery program, special education services were inadequate
State finds that students were allowed to use remediation software — intended for makeup work after failing a course — to take classes for the first time, appearing to corroborate allegations in a recently filed lawsuit.
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Kennedy High parent sues school over graduation problems
Lawyer says she’s pursuing class action on behalf of all 92 students who belatedly found out they were ineligible to graduate.
Posted inSchools
New Orleans becomes first major American city without traditional schools
As McDonogh 35 Senior High School is taken over by a charter management organization, the city’s schools are now all charters.
Posted inOpinion
Codrescu and Hearn: One immigrant writer recalls another and the city both called home
Would Trump have tolerated these refugees?