Charter board hears report that enrollment is close to what was planned.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Live chat: Stacy Head, Charles Maldonado take questions about 2014 city budget
Join us at 12:30 p.m. Friday for an hour-long chat about New Orleans’ 2014 spending plan.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
Soaring flood insurance rates threaten to wash away property values, tax base
The good news: A national coalition is tackling the flood insurance crisis, and Congress appears to be responding.
Posted inCharter Schools
NET Charter gets $250,000 grant
Walton Foundation provides financial breathing room to alternative school.
Posted inCharter Schools
Choice Foundation re-elects entire board in meeting without public notice
The board moved its meeting up a day without notifying the public.
Posted inCharter Schools
Bus rides are shorter this year for ENCORE students
School switched bus companies this year and is pleased with the change.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Live blog: Mayor Landrieu holds final public meeting on 2014 city budget Wednesday
Join us at 6 p.m. to follow the action.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Emboldened by legislative success, Fiscal Hawks strengthen ties with Democrats
Key Democratic leaders attended a Fiscal Hawks meeting last weekend in New Orleans.
Posted inOpinion
The O’Keefe/Letten dust-up at Tulane: more there than sound and fury?
O’Keefe may be a whack job — or “spud,” as Jim Letten puts it — but some of his insinuations about prosecutorial misconduct are worth a second look.
Posted inCharter Schools
Karr, Harte schools have more students than they predicted
Enrollment increase will mean more money from state in per-pupil funding.