Financial separation of New Orleans’ civil, criminal courts must end
It's time to deal with financing of the courts while city leaders discuss Charity Hospital and a new courthouse.
Garbage in, garbage out: ‘Grand vision’ for French Market junks tradition
Does a cleaned-up French Market affirm or betray its storied past?
Morris Jeff board looking to improve communications
Board holds retreat, looks for ways to gather data from the school.
Again, 911 call center says operators are too busy answering NOPD detail calls
Also during budget hearings, council questions management of new Crescent Park.
Talk of reusing Charity Hospital building is familiar to preservationists
Study showed the building could've been rehabbed for a modern hospital for less than it cost to build the new one.
New Orleans looks to auction off 2,100 city-owned properties
The city could bring in $10 million by selling them.
Landrieu asks state for $100 million to put City Hall, civil courts at Charity
Civil judges would rather build at Duncan Plaza. If that doesn't work, they're seeking another site downtown.
Renovated Charity Hospital could be home for social services, medical museum
Museum could help people learn about the history of medicine and modern diseases.
Consultant says Gusman can shave $5 million off annual cost of jail consent decree
The sheriff would have to cut the inmate population.
New Orleans schools have comparatively high rate of testing irregularities on standardized tests
Looked at from several different angles, New Orleans public schools have a comparatively high percentage of possible cheating on standardized tests, The Lens has found after reviewing the most recent state data available. Testing experts offered a broadly accepted rationale: cheating tends to increase when standardized tests are used for rewards and punishments of schools, teachers or students. For a variety of reasons, New Orleans schools have more riding on the outcome of test scores than public schools elsewhere in the state.
