New Orleans’ nearly all-charter school system is built on competition, and for new schools, that means competing with established schools for students. State funding is based on enrollment, so falling short can put a new school in financial trouble.
School chief resigned after improperly running up $13,000 bill.
Organizers hope local voices will be included in national conversation about charter schools.
Presentation to council follows two citywide surveys of warning signs by The Lens.
MLK charter is the first eligible school to choose Orleans Parish School Board oversight.
CEO Kathy Riedlinger says some parents could gain access to the test if they know its name.
Two school leaders at SciTech resigned last month for testing irregularities.
Civil District Court judge said the law is not "hard, fast and definite."
With only five traditional schools left, new chief is cutting central office staff.
Four months after The Lens reported that 60 percent of school-zone lights in the city were broken, little progress has been made. Our latest survey, done in mid-May, showed an improvement of just 9 lights. The city promises to fix them all by the start of school. It made the same promise two years ago.
