Drive by a school zone light at random in the city of New Orleans on a weekday and there’s about a 50 percent chance it works. And that’s an improvement. The number of broken lights has slowly dropped in three field surveys by The Lens, but the city hasn’t come close to repairing them all, as a city official promised in July.
Posted inSchools
Superintendent of Orleans Parish schools begins series of community meetings
Parents and other community members invited tonight to 6 p.m. event at Audubon Charter School.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Louisiana man, imprisoned for 50 years for killing a deputy, is at center of Supreme Court hearing on youth sentencing
In 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that youth can’t be sentenced automatically to life in prison. But what should happen to the couple thousand inmates already serving such sentences? Tuesday, lawyers for Henry Montgomery argue that they should get parole hearings. An in-depth look at the crime and the man at the center of the case.
Posted inOpinion
Love letter to a wild and crazy mistress as a jobseeker bails out of New Orleans
Seduced by New Orleans, a young Tulane grad breaks it off and heads back east.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Events
Public Defender Derwyn Bunton will appear at October’s Newsmakers event (video)
We’ll talk about the harsh realities of publicly appointed defense attorneys at our October Newsmaker.
Posted inSchools
With new contract, state starts process of creating new standardized test for spring
Department of Education picks longtime testing company for contract valued at $3.1 million.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
IG’s office defends no-bid contract to review Independent Police Monitor’s work
Attorney says use of “cooperative endeavor agreement” frees it from competitive process.
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
New Orleans College Prep opening Head Start program, may grow into Hoffman elementary
When a Treme charter school shut down this summer, New Orleans College Prep CEO Ben Kleban had plans for the school’s vacant portable classrooms buildings — build a new school from scratch.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Opinion
Something new on the menu — but it’s stomach-turning
The spate of bistro robberies sheds light on our vulnerability—and on our priorities.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
City wants to move 911 operators to state agency, but officials not sure it’s possible
An attorney for the Orleans Parish Communications District said state didn’t envision it being an employer.