Orleans Parish School Board Deputy Superintendent Kathleen Padian will meet with parents and teachers at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Carrollton campus.
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Teacher paid $43,000 bonus as part of New Beginnings charter school incentive system
The program rewarded teachers based solely on improvements in their students’ test scores. In all, five teachers received more than $24,000 apiece, totaling $167,669 — nearly half the allotment available to all New Beginnings staff. But the highest payouts were offered only to those in high-stakes grades. School leader says she’s working on a new formula.
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Lusher prepares for $17.5 million renovation
CEO Kathy Riedliner said that $14 million will go to stabilize the Freret Street campus, and $3.5 million will be spent at Willow Street.
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Walker and Landry merger opponents air frustrations before BESE members
BESE members Kira Orange Jones and Lottie Beebe indicated they were just becoming familiar with the depth of the anti-merger outcry.
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Jindal’s tax-swap outline to legislators leaves many questions unanswered
The governor’s broad-brush explanation lacked details to determine who would pay more.
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Board seeks grants for Craig pre-K and after-school ‘learning centers’ at all King campuses
The Friends of King board of directors has green-lighted a continuing search for grants to finance a pre-kindergarten program at Joseph A. Craig Elementary School and learning centers to supplement classroom instruction at both Craig and Martin Luther King Science and Technology Charter School. Passage of resolutions authorizing reapplication for the funding was the highlight […]
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Live blog: Jindal administration unveils tax plan to legislative committees
This is the first time the plan will have been outlined in public.
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Disagreements on mergers, leadership raise questions over who’s in charge at charters
Education officials have pressed forward with plans to merge two high schools in Algiers over protests from the community. The Algiers Charter School Association has overruled the desires of two schools to return to Orleans Parish oversight. Are charters as responsive to the community as they were envisioned?
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Initial success of Einstein’s charter expansion is tied to student enrollment, leaders say
As she prepares to become CEO over both schools, current Einstein principal Shawn Toranto declines to name her successor just yet.
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Former jail official, friend of sheriff, pleads guilty to federal bribery charge
John Sens, who used to be purchasing director, admits to taking kickbacks for rigging contract bids.