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Schools
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.
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.
COVID cases more than double in NOLA Public Schools
More than one-third of the cases came from one high school.
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.
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.
NOLA Public Schools tracking 49 COVID cases
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.
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.
OPSB approves $300K superintendent contract
Avis Williams, currently the superintendent of Selma City Schools in Alabama, will take the lead at NOLA Public Schools in mid-July.
New NOLA Public Schools superintendent offered $300K per year
The Orleans Parish School Board will vote on its committee’s recommendation at its meeting on Thursday
