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Charter Schools
In-depth coverage of New Orleans’ charter school system and its impact on students, families, and communities. This category examines accountability, equity, and outcomes—asking how the city’s experiment in education reform is shaping the future of public schooling.
ReNEW hires former Jefferson superintendent in response to testing, special-ed violations
State required the network to hire a consultant to comply with corrective-action plan after cheating.
Algiers Charter Schools assigns test-coordinator at each of its six schools
The move to assign responsibility is in addition to the monitors the network pledged to hire.
FirstLine close, but not quite ready to return campuses to School Board control
Three of five schools have improved enough to leave the Recovery School District.
Interim head of Algiers charter schools network to earn $175,000 salary
Interim chief heads into first board meeting with one school facing major student and funding shortfall.
11 charters under standard review win favor of State Department of Education
Seven schools recommended for renewal, and four others get necessary one-year extension.
Ben Franklin High School’s board to begin contract negotiations with new CEO
Karr band program, others, didn’t get usual listing on the citywide OneApp form
New review process prevented inclusion on the applications that were made available last week.
