You want local, elected school boards? Charter-based voting would do it
Other states are pioneering different ways of bringing electoral control to charter school management. Would they work here?
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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.
Citizens Committee for Education releases Jan. 6 board meeting agenda
The board oversees Home A. Plessy Community School.
Carver students, parents protest schools’ discipline policies at December board meeting
"They talk to us like fifth-graders and we’re ninth-graders," said one student.
Crescent City Schools board loosens rules on midyear budget adjustments
But the board didn't comply with state law when it failed to solicit public comment before two votes.
With bump from F to D, Singleton wins charter renewal for three more years
McDonogh City Park Academy could leave state teachers pension system
Factoring into the school board's decision: whether it will join a charter network.
KIPP rejects move to Orleans Parish School Board; strong reserves projected
School leaders developing online courses for income, recognition
Refusal to return charter schools to OPSB sign of distrust of locally elected boards
Some charter leaders are wary of power shifts on an elected board. Others just don't like those in office now.
New Beginnings joins list of charter organizations that vote against return to OPSB
One of its four schools was eligible.
