Recent hunger strike at detention facility in Louisiana was at least the sixth this year.
Posted inInside the News Room
Week in Review: Fired New Beginnings ‘whistleblower’ asks board to rehire him
Fired New Beginnings ‘whistleblower’ asks board to rehire him A former New Beginnings Schools Foundation employee who raised a red flag on what he said are suspicious grade changes at John F. Kennedy High School asked for his job back at a special meeting of the charter school network’s governing board Thursday night. Runell King […]
Posted inBehind The Lens
Behind The Lens episode 27: ‘Violently, ugly, viciously, for money’
More on the New Beginnings Schools Foundation with Marta Jewson. And special guest Bob Marshall talks about coastal erosion.
Posted inSchools
Fired New Beginnings ‘whistleblower’ asks board to rehire him
Runell King said Kennedy High school employees improperly inflated students’ grades from failing to passing. He was fired and has since hired an attorney.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Opinion
Misconduct by prosecutors is rampant — how do we deter it?
Orleans DA’s office among worst offenders
Posted inSchools
Kennedy High School voided 144 state exams last year, after giving wrong test
The school had, by far, the most tests voided due to irregularities of any school in the state. A lawyer for Kennedy’s charter group said the issue will be added to an ongoing investigation into other problems, including alleged grade-fixing.
Posted inEnvironment
Nathaniel Rich on ‘Losing Earth,’ climate change and the shifting political argument
A Q&A with the New Orleans-based author about his new book.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Moreno initiates process to overhaul how the City Council regulates Entergy
Moreno seeks to boost in-house staff, reduce council reliance on outside contractors.
Posted inOpinion, Schools
OPSB owes America—and our kids—smarter stewardship of school buildings
Diverting money from maintenance is a truly bad idea.
Posted inInside the News Room
Week in Review: After Lens and WWL-TV investigations, charter school network CEO suspended
At an emergency meeting Monday night, the New Beginnings Schools Foundation board placed CEO Michelle Blouin-Williams on paid leave pending the outcome of an independent investigation into allegations of grade inflation and falsifying public documents related to a bus contract. The three-school charter network’s board voted unanimously to hire the law firm Adams and Reese […]