Tennessee Williams Festival’s streetcar opens doors to less stodgy, more inclusive literary crowd
An aficionado of the local literary scene salutes the new direction the Tennessee Williams Festival seems to have taken.
Audubon Charter families simultaneously pleased and worried about relocating
Old McDonogh 7 building on Milan Street is better than the Carrollton courthouse, but it also has major shortcomings, parents say.
Local officials losing sleep over weakest link in post-Katrina flood defense
The huge barge has to be moved into place and sunk in order to seal the system from storm surge sweeping into Lake Borgne from the Gulf of Mexico, a process that takes more than nine hours and must begin four days before a hurricane strike is expected. In repeated tests, the barrier has yet to function reliably.
CODOFIL says it will support Lycée’s French teacher recruitment in 2013-14
Improvement signs are good as Fannie C. Williams students begin LEAP testing, official says
The school's academic chief says students at the D school were scoring higher than average on Achievement Network tests as they prepared for LEAP.
Forgery charge looms for ex-Lusher accountant, NOPD says
Because the money was returned, police are pursuing forgery rather than theft charges.
NOMMA leaders prepare for April groundbreaking ceremony
Col. Bill Davis, commandant for the Federal City charter school, said Sen. Mary Landrieu is expected to serve as a guest speaker for the April 8 event.
Hynes shuffles middle school schedules to boost reading scores
Beginning next school year, Hynes will implement a plan to lengthen English Language Arts instruction by shortening the time spent on math.
Coast reclamation advocates warn fight over how to spend BP fines far from over
Letten at the plate: Was the federal prosecutor using a corked bat?
Columnist Moseley wonders whether Jim Letten's downfall was rooted more deeply than many pundits acknowledge.
