Category
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.
NOCP schools report drop in suspensions
CEO says organization doing a better job of spotting behavioral problems early.
KIPP organization agrees to buy lot
Schools group may get break on price if it keeps the South Robertson Street lot blight-free.
Plessy school facing fundraising shortfall
School in its first year of operation needs $150,000.
ReNEW pays Recovery School District $196,000 for school meals
The federal government would've paid most of that if reimbursement deadlines had been met.
Morris Jeff board looking to improve communications
Board holds retreat, looks for ways to gather data from the school.
New Orleans schools have comparatively high rate of testing irregularities on standardized tests
Looked at from several different angles, New Orleans public schools have a comparatively high percentage of possible cheating on standardized tests, The Lens has found after reviewing the most recent state data available. Testing experts offered a broadly accepted rationale: cheating tends to increase when standardized tests are used for rewards and punishments of schools, teachers or students. For a variety of reasons, New Orleans schools have more riding on the outcome of test scores than public schools elsewhere in the state.
How The Lens reported on standardized testing problems
Algiers charter group looking outside the city
ACSA may follow other New Orleans charter groups and look to operate schools outside the city.
Pupil count lower than expected
Lower enrollment at Miller McCoy results in less money to the school.
