Though ad ran in a newspaper today, the city pulled solicitation from its website after this morning.
Posted inEvents, Schools
Next Breakfast with the Newsmakers will focus on schools, charters (video)
We’ll talk with Ken Ducote, the new leader of group of collaborating charter schools across the area
Posted inEnvironment
River levees doing double duty, but differing standards gives feds a break
Taxpayers in three parishes likely to pick up a cost once paid by Army Corps of Engineers.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Opinion
Debtors’ prisons may be illegal, but they’re alive and well in Louisiana
Effectively, the system jails people because they are poor, which is neither legal nor just.
Posted inOpinion
Old problems persist, but it’s absurd to deny improvements since Katrina
The disaster narrative that national observers are habituated to look for has blinded them to a lot of what’s going on in our schools …
Posted inOpinion
Two sides to the Katrina recovery: one black, one white — separate and unequal
Most white people say the recovery is going well. Most black people believe the opposite.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Myths surrounding Katrina still flow from reporters, politicians after 10 years
Ten years after Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent floods from the failed federal levees, out-of-town media and politicians are still getting some things wrong. Here are five of the most stubborn myths about the disaster, the recovery and the city of New Orleans — plus one self-delusional bonus myth we just can’t let stand.
Posted inSchools
Top charter-school advocate talks about changing attitudes here and Baton Rouge
The Lens sits down with Caroline Roemer Shirley to talk about charter school changes in the past 10 years.
Posted inInside the News Room
Replay our online video discussion about PTSD with documentary filmmaker
You’re invited to watch and participate in the video forum Thursday at 1 p.m.
Posted inInvestigations, Land Use
Missing Home: A look at what we demolished in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina
Thousands of houses and buildings were razed after the storm. We went back to some of those properties to see what’s there now. What we found shows how some parts of the city have rebounded while others struggle, just as they did before the storm.