In our opinion: Thank you to Jed Horne
Lens staff members offer their appreciation to the longtime opinion editor, who retires this month.
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.
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.
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.
Codrescu and Hearn: One immigrant writer recalls another and the city both called home
Would Trump have tolerated these refugees?
Behind The Lens episode 38: ‘Completely unable to function’
The latest from John F. Kennedy High School. New abortion restrictions in Louisiana. And immigration detention centers in Louisiana.
Week in Review: Orleans schools superintendent calls for criminal investigation into Kennedy High School
Proposed legal judgment would void City Council votes on Entergy plant, but lawyers for the city say final vote should stand
The proposed judgment was submitted by the plaintiffs on Wednesday.
Orleans schools superintendent calls for criminal investigation into Kennedy High School, announces citywide audit of high school student records
“Due to the careless and reckless actions of the adults you trusted at JFK, you should be celebrating your senior graduation this month, but instead, you have been forced to question the certainty of your future," Lewis said at Thursday's OPSB meeting.
Einstein charter network failed to give students required state social studies exam
No other schools in the state failed to "administer an entire assessment to an entire grade," a state education official said. The exams will be counted as zeroes in Einstein’s state performance score.
