Pulitzer Prize-winning environmental journalist Bob Marshall has joined the staff of The Lens, where he will bring his widely recognized expertise to bear on issues of wetlands restoration, flood protection and coastal erosion. Bob Marshall Marshall was a reporter and columnist at The Times-Picayune for more than 30 years. He joined The Lens this month, […]
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State ethics board may investigate Miller-McCoy transportation contract
Tiffany Hardrick and Keith Sanders are accused of ending the school’s contract with a bus company without board approval.
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ENCORE hopes for 32 percent enrollment increase
The school plans to add two more grades next year and boost enrollment from 181 to 240.
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Lycée board will not seek return of $30,000 paid to ex-principal
Former board president blamed for agreeing to a vague deal; current board says it won’t try to get the money back.
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Report: Louisiana’s poor pay higher tax rate than the rich
More than twice as much of their income, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.
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Lycée leader: I tried to stop daughter’s bullying at Audubon
The incident led to Gisele Schexnider being banned from the campus of the charter school.
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Milestone leaders unsure about adding 10th grade in 2013-14
Rising 10th graders could soon be applying to Milestone SABIS Academy.
The only trouble is the school’s leaders aren’t sure they’ll have that grade next year.
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Union eyes charters, seeks teacher contact info and offers training sessions
The immediate aim is professional development, but the union also wants to lay the groundwork to organize the schools.
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Lycée leader banned at Audubon school after 2010 threat to student, records show
The acting chief executive officer of Lycée Français de la Nouvelle-Orleans charter school was previously banned from another charter school’s campus for threatening a student, records show. Gisele Schexnider was a parent of an Audubon Charter School student in January 2010 when, according to school records, she arrived at a teacher’s classroom, pointed to someone […]
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Bad news for Jindal: Florida, Texas rely heavily on property and biz taxes
Gov. Bobby Jindal has pointed to Florida and Texas as models for his plan to cut income taxes and rely more on sales taxes. But those states rely heavily on two taxes he dislikes: business and property taxes. Would Louisiana rely on a “one-and-a-half-legged stool”?