Lycée Français hires consultant for Priestley work, considers third-party deal
Charter considers selling building for $9-million-plus renovation, then leasing back finished campus.
City runs ad seeking health care for inmates even though Sheriff has deal
Though ad ran in a newspaper today, the city pulled solicitation from its website after this morning.
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
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.
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.
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 ...
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.
Myths surrounding Katrina still flow from reporters, politicians after 10 years
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.
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.
