Talk the beat with Lens reporters at BrottWorks Design Studio on May 22
Reporters will talk to Lens members about how they do their work.
Plessy Community School assigned to former site of A.P. Tureaud Elementary on Pauger Street
The decision was received since the last board meeting. The school has room for a few more students in the coming year.
Choice Foundation vs. KIPP: Who will get to take over management of Dunbar Elementary?
Landry claims Hollygrove residents prefer Choice Foundation; BESE meets at Xavier to discuss the issue May 28.
Audio: Louisiana teachers to be judged more based on students’ performance on tests
A researcher says Louisiana's system for measuring teacher effectiveness is one of the best in the country.
Audio: Teachers prep for standardized tests to ensure they follow rules
An inside look at how teachers at Success Prep got ready.
Lawmakers shift construction funding to avoid running afoul of IRS rules on bonds
City Council drops ordinance that would have made Newcomb Boulevard one-way
The street, recently reopened to traffic at one end, will remain two-way.
Execution of child-killer delayed six months after botched lethal injections elsewhere
The stay of execution is related to a delay in a trial on the constitutionality of the state’s lethal-injection method.
State failed to turn over key public records about execution drugs
The Lens tried unsuccessfully for a year to determine when the state's lethal-injection drugs were due to expire, but prison officials repeatedly said they had no public records that showed such a date. Recently acquired documents show the state in fact had emails, letters and other records that reveal that information and more.
BP revisited: ‘Safer than ever’ may not be safe at all when it comes to offshore rigs
Journalists who buy into Big Oil's talking points would have us believe BP-style spills are a thing of the past.
