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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.

More details on NOLA Public Schools officials’ ‘right-sizing’ plan to come in January

Population growth in New Orleans has not kept up with the expansion of charter schools over the past decade. District officials are considering consolidations and possible closures to address the problem.
by Marta Jewson December 29, 2021 Updated May 26, 2022

LDH official encourages back-to-school covid testing after holidays amid omicron surge

Public health experts are highly concerned about omicron spread over the holiday season.
by Marta Jewson December 22, 2021 Updated December 22, 2021

Dr. King Charter School earns three-year renewal

The Orleans Parish School Board also approved one high school’s request to expand to eighth grade.
by Marta Jewson December 17, 2021 Updated December 17, 2021

NOLA Public Schools students 5 and up must be vaccinated by Feb. 1

Cantrell administration to extend proof-of-vaccination requirement for restaurants to include anyone over the age of 5.
by Marta Jewson December 16, 2021 Updated December 17, 2021

Orleans Parish School Board continues search for a new superintendent

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School awaits Superintendent Henderson Lewis Jr.’s charter renewal recommendation to come Thursday.
by Marta Jewson December 15, 2021 Updated December 15, 2021

Cases edge up, quarantines nearly triple in K-12 city schools; Tulane gives undergrads remote option to close out semester

Tulane University and Loyola University are also seeing a rise in cases in recent weeks.
by Marta Jewson December 13, 2021 Updated December 13, 2021

Audubon Gentilly used wrong background checks, district alleges

School conducted background checks, but it used the wrong process, according to a warning letter.
by Marta Jewson December 10, 2021 Updated December 13, 2021

Lusher creates formal renaming committee that will meet publicly

A previous ‘renaming study group’ drew criticism for meeting privately to narrow a list of new school name suggestions.
by Marta Jewson December 9, 2021 Updated December 9, 2021

After Lusher renaming group met in private, board poised to appoint official committee

The board’s previous ‘renaming study group’ met privately to review name suggestions, drawing criticism from the school community.
by Marta Jewson December 8, 2021 Updated December 8, 2021

Most city schools saw declining academic performance during pandemic, state officials say

Three-quarters of New Orleans schools, and 70% of schools statewide, performed worse than in 2019, according to "simulated scores" released by the state.
by Marta Jewson December 8, 2021 Updated December 8, 2021

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