LSU tried to discredit Ivor van Heerden and then fired him for speaking out about the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ failures with the levees in New Orleans. Now the university is fighting his wrongful termination lawsuit.
Author Archives: Jed Horne
Opinion Editor Jed Horne is a veteran journalist who was awarded a Pulitzer Prize as part of the Times-Picayune team that covered Katrina and the recovery. He is the author of
Posted inOpinion
Confessions of an armchair cynic: the voters proved me wrong
They’re calling it a “status quo” election. And some things about it are indeed quite predictable, including the rush to call the new dispensation status quo. Predictably: From deep within the Fox bubble, Karl Rove’s first reaction was to doubt that Obama’s re-election was really happening. Predictably: Within hours of Romney’s concession speech, Wall Street […]
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Opinion: Changes at TP were necessary, but are they the right ones?
Photo by Laura Beatty The decision by The Times-Picayune to cut publication to three days a week and go all-in on the web is a response – probably belated – to some pretty grave realities. Whether it’s a solution is another question. What the bean counters have to hope is that they’ve struck the right […]
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
It's official: second grade to be added next semester; new board chairman takes charge
By Amy Holiday, The Lens charter school reporter | Lycée Francais is adding a second grade, a move approved by the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and ratified at a special meeting of the school’s board, April 24. Thirty students were accepted conditionally by lottery from a large pool of applicants on April […]
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$1 million "i3" grant to be awarded in early May; state tests administered without problems
By Marta Jewson, The Lens charter school reporter | A federal i3 grant to expand enrollment was up for discussion at the James Singleton Charter School directors meeting, April 17. The i3 program describes itself as designed “to turn around persistently low-performing schools through the development of new public charter schools.” The grant would provide […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Government & Politics
Exonerated death row inmate John Thompson digs for the roots of New Orleans crime epidemic
“Now, you can’t even tell who’s the child and who’s the parent. We lost that structure, and instead we got babies having babies. We need to address that.” — John Thompson