School looking for space close by so younger students don’t pick up bad behavior from older ones.
Posted inSchools
Live chat Thursday: Discuss our standardized test cheating story
Join Lens reporter Jessica Williams at 12:30 p.m. Thursday to discuss her reporting.
Posted inInvestigations, Schools
State documents detail standardized test cheating, irregularities at New Orleans schools
In three recent testing years, 33 public schools have been flagged for problems and possible cheating on standardized tests — 12 more than once. A testing expert says these irregularities indicate cheating by teachers and administrators, who have a lot riding on their students’ performance.
Posted inSchools
How The Lens investigated standardized testing problems
Which documents we used, what they told us, and what’s missing.
Posted inEnvironment
Marine Fisheries Service expresses concerns about Myrtle Grove diversion
The agency’s concerns mirror those voiced by opponents of diversions.
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
Sewerage and Water Board to start billing New Orleans schools for water use
Schools haven’t been billed for water since Hurricane Katrina.
Posted inCharter Schools
Bricolage board passes $1.4 million budget for first year of operation
School will operate out of Touro Synagogue, starting Aug. 19.
Posted inCharter Schools
Einstein board waiting for former Intercultural Charter School’s campus to be fixed
School is taking over Michoud Boulevard campus, but repairs are still ongoing there.
Posted inLand Use
Councilwoman delays home-elevation grants, criticizes lack of openness
Approval stalled after The Lens raises questions about $11.8 million program to raise 48 homes.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Years of political inaction preceded latest cutbacks in Algiers ferry service
It was no secret to politicians: No one had a long-term plan to keep the New Orleans area ferries operating if they lost their main source of revenue from the Crescent City Connection tolls. But few leaders made an efforts to address the problem, and those who tried were rebuffed. Looking back, very few overarching planning documents even mentioned the ferries. So the cutbacks are of little surprise.