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Most school lights in New Orleans are still broken despite city’s efforts

Four months after The Lens reported that 60 percent of school-zone lights in the city were broken, little progress has been made. Our latest survey, done in mid-May, showed an improvement of just 9 lights. The city promises to fix them all by the start of school. It made the same promise two years ago.
by Marta Jewson June 5, 2015 Updated August 25, 2022

Lycée Français has major work ahead to open Priestley campus

The school has been fallow for 22 years and suffers a variety of system failures.
by Marta Jewson June 4, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

WBOK panel on race shows how hard it can be to ‘promote understanding’

White guilt meets black blame: Is there no way to overcome these obstacles to more constructive conversation?
by Orissa Arend June 4, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

SciTech charter leader let students take tests for each other and at home

Network administrators don't believe lapses happened with critical state tests.
by Marta Jewson June 3, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

NOPD review of sex-crime and child-abuse cases shows policy violations, broadens to include supervisors

But the NOPD says many of the cases flagged by the Inspector General were sex-offender checks, not criminal complaints.
by Charles Maldonado June 3, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

The Lens loses public records lawsuit against city of New Orleans

Judge Kern Reese said the city must review public records for private information, which can delay its response.
by Marta Jewson June 3, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

SciTech Academy’s two leaders quit amid questions over testing process

ReNEW network official said the tests weren't part of state accountability system.
by Marta Jewson June 1, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

Based on previous IG report, city still overpaying delinquent-tax collector

Two unexplained charges raises new company's billings to one-fourth of tax collections.
by Charles Maldonado June 1, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

Other charters will get material from closed Lagniappe Academies

The nonprofit that ran the school will auction off modular buildings next month.
by Marta Jewson May 29, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

If Jindal’s anti-gay order reflects Southern ‘values,’ New Orleans has seceded from the region

There's the Old South and then there's the Other South. Revulsion over Jindal's coded bigotry places New Orleans in the latter camp.
by C.W. Cannon May 29, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

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