Charter board delays action on Coghill teachers’ request for union recognition
It's the fifth school to undergo a union drive in recent years.
Orleans Parish prosecutors are using fake subpoenas to pressure witnesses to talk to them
The DA's office is sending notices labeled “subpoena” to witnesses, threatening jail time if the person ignores them. But they're not real subpoenas. An assistant district attorney says they’re meant to persuade people who may ignore a simple letter.
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Industrial Canal lock project: Try getting info about it from the Army Corps!
Comment period expires with questions still unanswered
At Mahalia Jackson, parents lurch from chartering to closure to uncertainty
First it was a charter effort. Then they were told it would close. Now they don’t know.
ExCEED withdraws applications to charter remaining traditional schools in New Orleans
The superintendent was scheduled to make a recommendation on the applications Thursday.
Louisiana families must give up special education rights for school vouchers
The New York Times reports that some families around the country don’t know this until they’re already in a private school.
Orleans school board committee votes to close Mahalia Jackson
The school is growing, but district staff say it's not meeting enrollment goals.
How enrollment factored in the closure of Mahalia Jackson Elementary
A group has been trying to charter it. Now the school district wants to shut it down.
Contract requires traffic-camera company to study wrecks, but New Orleans won’t push it
Two city council members say they want the city to demonstrate that cameras make streets safer.
