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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.
KIPP passes measure to take on debt for construction if RSD comes through with land
KIPP New Orleans Schools is prepared to take school construction into its own hands if the Recovery School District grants them desirable land.
New Orleans College Prep opening Head Start program, may grow into Hoffman elementary
When a Treme charter school shut down this summer, New Orleans College Prep CEO Ben Kleban had plans for the school’s vacant portable classrooms buildings — build a new school from scratch.
School Board attorney takes issue with property opinion from charter’s lawyer
Lycee Francais board and counsel were considering a plan to have a third party buy Priestly site.
Plessy Community School buys Hansberry site
As a Type 1 charter, school is responsible for getting its own facility.
Foundation Prep attracts enough students to make it through first year, board told
Only 16 students were registered when doors opened last month. The student body is now at 38.
New charter unexpectedly adds grade but appears short of enrollment goal
After struggling to meet its enrollment goal, Foundation Preparatory Academy must rewrite its budget for a student body less than half the size leaders envisioned for its inaugural year.
Equity, transparency undercut by holdouts against OneApp school admissions process
It's time to level the playing field and provide a uniform application process for all OPSB charters.
Other charters will get material from closed Lagniappe Academies
The nonprofit that ran the school will auction off modular buildings next month.
Lagniappe Academies cuts instructional time to prepare for school’s closing
Last day will come a month sooner than first planned, and students are being dismissed two hours earlier.
