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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.
by Marta Jewson July 1, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Marta Jewson July 1, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

Codrescu and Hearn: One immigrant writer recalls another and the city both called home

Would Trump have tolerated these refugees?
by Andrei Codrescu July 1, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Jessica Rosgaard June 29, 2019 Updated December 14, 2019

Week in Review: Orleans schools superintendent calls for criminal investigation into Kennedy High School

by Marta Jewson June 29, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Michael Stein and Charles Maldonado June 28, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Marta Jewson June 27, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Marta Jewson June 27, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

Louisiana’s four other potential abortion restrictions that were eclipsed by the ‘six-week ban’

All four abortion restrictions were signed by the Governor, and could have a near-immediate impact on abortion access in Louisiana.
by Michael Isaac Stein June 27, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

Freshwater diversions are killing the ‘canary in the coal mine’

Bottlenose dolphin are dying; oysters, crab and shrimp could be next.
by Capt. George Ricks June 27, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

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