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Author: Mark Moseley

About Mark Moseley
Mark Moseley blogs at Your Right Hand Thief. Until mid 2014, Mark Moseley was The Lens' opinion writer, engagement specialist and coordinator for the Charter Schools Reporting Corps. After Katrina and the Federal Flood he helped create the Rising Tide conference, which grew into an annual social media event dedicated to the future of New Orleans.

Those who suspect child abuse carry major new legal responsibilities

October 26, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Do any schools hide in the shadows of state accountability rules?

October 17, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Where’s the outrage over the city’s lead-poisoning problem?

October 11, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

What better place for the already penitent Broussard: a penitentiary

October 4, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Skies will soon buzz with drones—but cops may not like it

September 27, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

A drone of our own! How the city should sell its latest dream

September 20, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Should controversial art exhibit cost Slidell teacher his job?

September 13, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Hurricane alert: Keeping your cool likely to get harder and harder

September 6, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Let’s hear it for the city’s new champions: our acro-gymnasts

August 23, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Spare the rod and spoil the school? OK, then I need spanking lessons

August 16, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

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