The facility, launched by Tulane’s Department of Pediatrics, is now under new management.
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Unexpected computer costs send Audubon Charter budget back to the drawing board
Board authorizes KIPP network to take charge of cafeteria food.
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Thinking about college begins early at Lake Forest Elementary; budget hearing scheduled
Enrollment projected at 550 as the school transitions to new facility on Lake Forest Boulevard.
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Enrollment jump boosts Einstein budget by $1.2 million; public is a no-show at hearing
Spending category with biggest increase — 67% — is in support of programming for gifted students.
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Einstein Charter plans to deepen its roots in eastern New Orleans; seeks students, funding
Board recruitment also under way. Members urge special outreach to Vietnamese and African-American communities.
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Louisiana follows experts’ tips to prevent, detect standardized test cheating
Shortcomings are in the number of computers in schools and charters that investigate themselves.
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Plagiarism on standardized tests three times higher in New Orleans schools than rest of Louisiana
New Orleans schools continue to have a higher rate of plagiarism on standardized tests than the rest of the state. Two factors could be at play: There could be a greater pressure to succeed, and there are more low-scorers in big cities.
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How The Lens reported our latest story on standardized testing in New Orleans
Even using method preferred by the state, New Orleans is an outlier.
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Addition of sixth grade and efforts to recruit at-risk students dominate Lycée board meeting
Plans to use the Cabildo as the base of a six-week program on the French Quarter have been put on hold, as the building undergoes renovation.
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Lycée Français community squabbles anew, this time over adding out-of-sequence grades
A member acknowledges that the prior board yielded to cronyism in agreeing to the add the grades ahead of schedule.