Einstein Charter School’s board of directors met Tuesday night to proceed with plans to take over operation of Intercultural Charter School.
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Moton’s board to meet today
Robert Moton Charter School’s board is expected to meet today at 12:30 p.m., at 3374 Gentilly Blvd.
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NOCP leaders prepare to assume control of Crocker
Four weeks since the Recovery School District formally announced its plan to put New Orleans College Prep’s management team in charge of the struggling Crocker Arts & Technology School, leaders at New Orleans College Prep are making arrangements to expand.
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Free expression or feds’ folly: Comment-gate likely to widen
Have other courthouse insiders posted inappropriate comments on NOLA.com?
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Pretrial program gets at least a temporary stay of execution
Rumors that the city’s pretrial assessment program met its demise Friday at the hands of Criminal Court judges turn out to be exaggerated.
In fact, the program, run by the New York-based Vera Institute of Justice, is up and running at the Orleans Parish jail at least through the end of the month and perhaps well beyond that.
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Lycée is dealing with its challenges, rival parent group responds
Following the explosive letter one group of parents filed with the Lycée Français de la Nouvelle-Orleans board last week, another school faction has sent its own petition to the board.
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Live blog: BESE committee approves changes in teacher evaluations
The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education held its monthly round of committee meetings Tuesday in Baton Rouge. I live-blogged the events here. Among the issues that were discussed: The board considered State Superintendent John White’s revisions to teacher evaluation policies. State policies mandate that half of a teacher’s evaluation is based on student […]
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Audit: Ex-Lycee chief paid nearly $30,000 without board vote
After a budget overhaul and a change in principals, Lycee Francais’ board of directors probably could have anticipated the blemished audit they received at their monthly meeting Monday. Though many of the issues resulted from policies and procedures that, according to the audit, have since been improved, the financial analysis revealed several shortcomings, including the […]
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Orleans Parish School Board chooses outspoken leaders
With much fanfare, the newly elected Orleans Parish School Board took office and made some surprising selections for president and vice president Monday morning. Board members unanimously chose incumbent member Ira Thomas, Southern University at New Orleans police chief, for the head seat, and first-timer Leslie Ellison, an education consultant and former charter school board […]
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Einstein votes to run a school at Intercultural’s address
Einstein Charter School’s board of directors met briefly Saturday to approve a resolution to expand to two schools.