Education experts say year over year growth is a better measure of a school's performance than student test scores alone. School ratings are set to be released on Thursday.
Constitutional Amendment 2, which repeals Louisiana's non-unanimous jury law, passed with wide support across the state.
At Monday night meeting, school district superintendent and other officials said board mismanagement led to decision.
Charter school renewals hinge on school letter grades from the state. Orleans school district officials have strongly hinted that four schools may be up for closure.
For the second time, The Lens has joined ProPublica's Electionland, a coalition of newsrooms around the country that are covering problems that prevent eligible voters from casting their ballots during the 2018 elections.
We balance court budgets on the backs of those least able to pay.
Michael Isaac Stein on Entergy and paid actors. Kerry Nix on lead poisoning. And Charles Maldonado on The Lens' fake subpoena lawsuit.
The principal thinks the board may be intending to use a defamation claim from Juan LaFonta as a false pretext for firing.
