All Collegiate Academies schools have been housed in modular trailers since Hurricane Katrina, leaving parents and school leaders anxious to move into permanent facilities.

Among the desired qualities in a new home: availability of programs like Teach for America and The New Teacher Project to staff the schools.

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.

BESE members Kira Orange Jones and Lottie Beebe indicated they were just becoming familiar with the depth of the anti-merger outcry.

Instead of meeting the first Monday of every month, the board will now meet every other month.

Only six of 13 Miller McCoy Academy board members were present for the school’s Feb. 25 board meeting.

Morgan will stay through June 2014 and the board has the option to extend his contract then.

The state counts students on Oct. 1 and Feb. 1 to determine how much money to reimburse the school for student expenses.

Memphis and Baton Rouge are possible locations, president says.

Without enough members present to reach a quorum, the board of Edgar P. Harney Spirit of Excellence Academy met briefly Monday night to discuss teacher evaluations and space issues at the school. Principal Eileen Williams said that the school is working on an on-going teacher evaluation project comprised of fall and spring observations and student […]