Crescent Leadership Academy considers ‘learning communities’
Board holds meeting despite not having a quorum physically present.
Author: Summer Suleiman
- About Summer Suleiman
- Summer Suleiman joined the Charter School Reporting Corps in 2013. Before returning home to New Orleans, she was an international assignment editor at CNN. She earned a B.A. in journalism at Louisiana State University.
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