Agenda for FirstLine board of directors strategic planning retreat
Retreat agenda includes long-term planning.
City Council candidate Jason Williams racked up $100,000 in tax debt
He said he's paid off $70,000 of it and disputes the rest. Three other council candidates also had tax problems.
Audit finds ReNEW Schools in good financial shape
School leaders exercised more control over their own budgets, which helped the charter network's finances.
Lycée Francais board releases January 13 meeting agenda
LFNO releases Jan. 13 agenda
State flags standardized test problems at 17 New Orleans schools in 2012-13
Most of the problems were small-scale plagiarism, according to a report.
Councilmember Kristin Palmer to be guest speaker at upcoming Newsmakers event
Lens reporter Charles Maldonado will conduct an interview with Councilwoman Palmer starting at 8 a.m., followed by an audience Q-and-A.
Transplant’s dream of urban farming imperiled by zoning, rising land prices
A would-be farmer from Chicago worries that she has arrived too late to till New Orleans' soils.
RSD’s school closure process has uneven effect on students at failing schools
Based on 2013 test scores, are the students who left the Recovery School District’s four failing schools in better academic environments than before? If they left Mays and Henderson, they generally are. But not if they left Abramson and Johnson.
Killer gets new execution date, but state might not have lethal-injection drug then
Prison disposed of expired drug that was to be used March 7, and drug maker prohibits new sales for executions.
You want local, elected school boards? Charter-based voting would do it
Other states are pioneering different ways of bringing electoral control to charter school management. Would they work here?
