The New Orleans City Council tightens restrictions on short term rentals, a judge denies emergency transcripts for students caught in the John F. Kennedy High School record keeping debacle, and a proposed Entergy plant will actually cost three times than originally estimated.
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Behind The Lens episode 43: ‘It’s not fair that to get your children basic educational services in this city that that’s what it has to come to’
A conflict of interest surfaces in light of a new study on short term rentals, a local parent discovers that New Orleans’ charter schools aren’t legally required to offer special education programming, and a candidate for Commissioner of Agriculture takes a holistic approach to farming.
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Behind The Lens episode 42: ‘A lot of the city’s essential functions remain underfunded’
Budget gaps in New Orleans won’t be fixed by the “fair share” infrastructure deal, and another school puts administrators on leave over alleged grade inflation.
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Behind The Lens episode 41: ‘It has been one of the most depressing things that I’ve ever seen in my entire career’
A lawsuit is filed over secret meetings about proposed chemical plant in St. James Parish, a short term rental tax begins making it’s way through the New Orleans City Council, and more fallout from the graduation scandal at John F. Kennedy High School.
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Behind The Lens episode 40: ‘You don’t know exactly what you’re gonna get until it gets here’
A conversation on emergency preparedness as New Orleans waits for Tropical Storm Barry, Entergy’s efforts to lower carbon emissions, and a new approach to give expelled students the tools to return to their regular classroom
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Behind The Lens episode 39: ‘That’s where the district wants to go’
A special all-schools episode. Host and producer Jessica Rosgaard talks to education researcher Doug Harris about New Orleans becoming an all-charter city. And we hear from the lawyer for a family suing John F. Kennedy High School.
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Behind The Lens episode 38: ‘Completely unable to function’
The latest from John F. Kennedy High School. New abortion restrictions in Louisiana. And immigration detention centers in Louisiana.
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Behind The Lens episode 37: ‘Once fresh water gets in’
Marta Jewson on lead filters in New Orleans schools. Michael Isaac Stein on Entergy regulation. And host and producer Jessica Rosgaard interviews Waveland Mayor Mike Smith about the Bonnet Carre Spillway and its impact on the coast.
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Behind The Lens episode 36: ‘No, I don’t have my diploma yet’
We hear from a Kennedy High School senior who still doesn’t know if she graduated. Plus, a plan for ending cash bail. And a new budget crisis for public defenders in New Orleans.
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Behind The Lens episode 35: ‘I know this isn’t welcome news. I wish it were different.’
High school administrators scramble to figure out who’s eligible to graduate, even after the ceremony is over. The Orleans school district wants to put a school athletic field on a former toxic dump site. And what’s going on with the Gun Violence Reduction Task Force?