Behind The Lens episode 71: 'A spiritual battle'
Charters schools prepare for a potential outbreak of coronavirus. Pollution opponents link up in New Orleans. And Nick Chrastil offers background on the Section G Project.
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Behind The Lens episode 70: Change for the bus?
The Convention Center's revenue sharing proposal for RTA, Kennedy HS seniors on track for graduation and a local look at higher education all feature on this week's podcast.
Behind The Lens episode 69: Lines of sight
Who's paying for a 90-camera installation in the CBD? Also, standardized exams are voided at several city schools. And, The Lens wins thousands in attorney's fees in a public records case.
Behind The Lens episode 68: ‘Standardized and systematized'
New recordkeeping standards for New Orleans high schools, the “responsible bidders ordinance," and a word of warning from planners in the face of climate disruption.
Behind The Lens episode 67: A thousand words
The Port's controversial new mural, a postponed public hearing on the Plaquemines Liquids Terminal, the latest on the fake subpoenas case and Dr. MarkAlain Dery's briefing on Wuhan coronavirus round out a busy week of news.
Behind The Lens episode 66: A developing story
A campaign finance revelation adds to the controversy over the Hard Rock Hotel collapse; parents demand more options in charter schools for their gifted children.
Behind The Lens episode 65: Blowin' in the wind
Michael Isaac Stein updates the Hard Rock Hotel site story. Marta Jewson reports on New Beginnings' bid to get out of a lawsuit. Jessica Rosgaard says goodbye and Tom Wright returns.
Behind The Lens episode 64: 'It's a direct reaction to what was a big problem at one high school.'
NOLA Public Schools has adopts a new high school credit review program, and plans are moving ahead for the $675 million dollar hotel project at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. Also - changing of the podcast guard.
Behind The Lens episode 63: 'There's going to be unsheltered homeless people until we dedicate the resources to house them permanently.'
Parents fight for the education rights of special needs children, we explore the reality of the city's unsheltered homeless, and the Army Corps is sued over the 2019 operation of the Bonnet Carre spillway.
Behind The Lens episode 62: 'My wish is that we start to view this for what it is, which is a civil rights issue.'
We look back at the grading scandal that rocked Kennedy High School, plans to change how Entergy is regulated, and the negative impacts of a decentralized busing system for public schools in New Orleans.
