Orleans Parish School Board can’t advance a collective agenda, and we all share the blame
Each meeting is a rerun of the previous ones, ending in the same split votes. But citizens have allowed that to continue.
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Opinion
Perspectives and reflections that challenge, question, and inspire.
By failing to hire a superintendent, Orleans school board puts politics above education
The issues that board members refuse to bend on have nothing to do with quality.
Ugliness in New Orleans school board meetings deters superintendent candidates
What educational leader would want to work in such an adversarial environment?
School board should look for opportunity in upcoming court ruling on post-Katrina teacher layoffs
Acknowledge that teachers were wronged and start working toward a unified school district.
Orleans school board must agree on direction before hiring a superintendent
The board has failed to hire someone to lead its schools because members disagree about the direction of the system.
Risk-averse agencies slowed Katrina response, and important measures have yet to be implemented, expert contends
Mandatory evacuation may be an impractical response ahead of a hurricane, especially for frail elderly, contends Col. Terry Ebbert, the man who was in charge of New Orleans disaster response when 'the big one' hit.
Readying workforce for the boom: a challenge that’s also a huge opportunity
When the crime is ‘being black,’ police routinely respond with guns drawn
"We black folk are reduced to teaching our children how to get arrested ... ."
Cutting to the core of Jindal’s flip-flop on aligning schools with national standards
"Jindal has offered his hand to a Stepford wife, a conservative suburbanite, a Mrs. Brady."
Vitter panders to ozone polluters and Louisianans pay the price: poor health
The senator campaigns against strengthened EPA regs before they are even released.
