Part three in a series on school closures in New Orleans. The centralized school enrollment lottery takes months to conduct and offers special priority to students in closing schools. Two parents whose kids attend closing schools tell us how they’re playing the odds for next year.
Recent hunger strike at detention facility in Louisiana was at least the sixth this year.
More on the New Beginnings Schools Foundation with Marta Jewson. And special guest Bob Marshall talks about coastal erosion.
Runell King said Kennedy High school employees improperly inflated students' grades from failing to passing. He was fired and has since hired an attorney.
Orleans DA's office among worst offenders
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.
A Q&A with the New Orleans-based author about his new book.
Moreno seeks to boost in-house staff, reduce council reliance on outside contractors.
Diverting money from maintenance is a truly bad idea.
