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Rebuttal: Cop killings are a legacy of criminalizing people for being black

Black Lives Matter advocates push back against the race and crime analysis in a recent Lens column.
by Michelle Regan Wedberg and Hamilton Simon-Jones August 20, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

Lusher board ousts member who was accused of violating policy on union

Divisions over this spring's union drive resurfaced in Saturday's meeting.
by Marta Jewson August 20, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

New Beginnings approves $175,000 annual contract for new CEO

by Marta Jewson August 19, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

Most charter boards didn’t comply with or know about open-meetings law

by Sarah Gamard August 19, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

Black Lives Matter — including the 99.7% of the killings that aren’t by cops

It's time to face reality: black killers are chiefly responsible for the epidemic of black homicides.
by Austen Ward August 11, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

Orleans superintendent is reviewing Lens stories on Lusher board’s actions

Three stories last week raised questions about how school leaders conducted public business.
by Sarah Gamard August 10, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

Our August Newsmaker event will focus on New Orleans public education

We'll talk with Dr. Henderson Lewis, Jr., Orleans Parish School Board superintendent
by Anne Mueller August 8, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

How Lusher’s school board shut out the public in dealing with teachers’ union drive

State law says the public is entitled to observe how government bodies make decisions. But Lusher board members privately discussed how to respond to the union, using a boardwide email group. And they set up several private meetings that appear to have circumvented the Open Meetings Law.
by Marta Jewson August 4, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

Lusher Charter School drags feet on public-records requests

Three months later, we haven't received emails from CEO Kathy Riedlinger.
by Marta Jewson August 4, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

Emails reveal board’s struggle to guide Lusher Charter during unionization effort

by Marta Jewson August 4, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

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