State wants local officials to prepare to provide compensatory services for students affected by statewide school closures.
Category: Coronavirus
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Man who died in custody at New Orleans jail was positive for COVID-19
Christian Freeman died a week after the Sheriff’s Office said there were no known infections at the jail.
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Evictions resume in New Orleans
In first day of eviction hearings at First City Court after three-month suspension, judge urges landlords to give their tenants some extra time.
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Language immersion schools anticipated shortages before Trump visa ban
“Widespread negative effects are imminent to both individual schools and entire school systems,” the June 11 memo said.
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State Department of Education releases guidelines on reopening schools
What school actually looks like will depend on how far along the state is in its reopening process.
Posted inOpinion
Does COVID-19 pose a greater threat to New Orleans culture than Hurricane Katrina?
“Like the rest of the country, New Orleans is suspended in a state of anxious anticipation. This tourism-dependent city is tiptoeing into reopening, with neither a vaccine nor widespread testing. It’s a dilemma facing every municipality, but in a city whose identity, culture and economy are fueled by human interactions, the issue seems particularly fraught here.” Martin Pedersen interviews author and former Lens editor Jed Horne about the tough times ahead.
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President Trump’s visa ban could keep 72 teachers from Louisiana schools
Lycée Français de la Nouvelle-Orléans is one of several schools that use foreign teachers in their French curriculum school.
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Racial reckoning at the Ace Hotel, Krewe and other local businesses sparked by Black Lives Matter movement, coronavirus and social media
Former and current workers from the Ace accused the company of using the identities of its Black and LGBTQ employees to sell their brand, while standing idle as employees were harassed and held back over those very same identities.
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WWNO: Louisiana sees dramatic one-day spike in coronavirus cases
Cases climbed by nearly 1,400 statewide.
Posted inOpinion
A mask for 28 days can help COVID go away
“While the entire world is experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic, not every country’s experience is the same. Some countries have far lower transmission and death rates per capita than others. These countries have one very important thing in common: nearly universal adoption of mask-wearing.”