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Reporting on education in New Orleans and across Louisiana. This category explores how policies, leadership, and community voices shape the experiences of students, teachers, and families—covering everything from classroom challenges to school reforms and success stories.

In apparent first, district moves to withhold charter school’s state funding over facility conditions

King Charter School leases a district-owned building.
by Marta Jewson May 19, 2022 Updated May 20, 2022

School Board committee advances more lenient charter renewal proposal

The new policies would help address years when pandemic shutdowns canceled state standardized testing.
by Marta Jewson May 17, 2022 Updated May 17, 2022

School cases rise again in final report

by Marta Jewson May 11, 2022 Updated May 11, 2022

BESE falls one vote shy of passing graduation waiver

LEAP testing requirements were waived in 2020 and 2021. Some argued that current seniors deserve the same break.
by Marta Jewson May 5, 2022 Updated May 5, 2022

COVID cases more than double in NOLA Public Schools

More than one-third of the cases came from one high school.
by Marta Jewson May 3, 2022 Updated May 3, 2022

New Orleans voters approve early childhood education tax

The tax will create 1,000 new early childhood seats and a state match could double that to 2,000.
by Marta Jewson April 30, 2022 Updated April 30, 2022

School Board votes to oppose state bill that would change charter school autonomy law

The meeting grew heated at times and several members of the public were asked to leave.
by Marta Jewson April 26, 2022 Updated April 26, 2022

NOLA Public Schools tracking 49 COVID cases

by Marta Jewson April 26, 2022 Updated April 26, 2022

Three charter groups to pilot ‘Early Warning System’

The system will track attendance patterns and alert school leaders to students who are not on track to graduation.
by Marta Jewson April 22, 2022 Updated April 22, 2022

NOLA Public Schools district reports 27 ‘active’ COVID cases, though numbers don’t square with reported positivity

District COVID-19 reporting does not reflect test positivity rate after shift to state metrics.
by Marta Jewson April 19, 2022 Updated April 19, 2022

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