Lusher kindergarten lottery — delayed due to coronavirus outbreak — now scheduled for next week
The lottery will not be open to the public. But the Uptown charter school will post a video and provide results to parents by May 1.
Category: Coronavirus
Behind The Lens episode 77: Got protection?
Local researchers push hard for new innovations and hopefully even a vaccine to fight the COVID-19 outbreak. Also, worrisome economic prospects for New Orleans workers and residents.
A year after graduation scandal, Kennedy High’s governing board prepares to shut down
Class of 2020, which includes some students who expected to graduate last year, will miss out on graduation ceremony due to COVID-19 school shutdown.
Louisiana prison medical director steps down
Morrison’s departure comes in midst of COVID-19 pandemic, litigation from prisoners.
Detainees in New Orleans, stuck in jail on parole holds, struggle to find legal recourse
Parole revocation hearings have been suspended since March.
Scientists at Tulane National Primate Research Center studying vaccines, treatments for COVID-19
Testing on primates with DNA similar to humans is key to developing new drugs and getting them approved.
NOLA Public Schools expects charters to teach through end of school year
Instructional minute and other requirements have been waived, leaving school districts able to chose their last day of school.
Mapping the environment of coronavirus: a lesson plan
"After the March 13 closure of Tulane University’s campus, we instructors spent a week moving classes online, while students returned home and settled. The question for me and my 28 far-flung students was what to do with a locally-focused environmental journalism class? We quickly turned our final writing project towards the historic crisis at hand."
Governor closes public schools through end of academic year
Education will continue amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Edwards said.
Louisiana facing highly inflated prices for medical masks
High demand during the coronavirus crisis has caused prices to rise as much as 14 times the usual cost.
