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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.
Lycée announces special Monday night board meeting
King charter board refuses to release agendas in advance, scolds reporter
Middle grades showing academic gains at NOCP
Ben Mays families lament loss of community as charter is pulled
The Mays community doesn’t dispute the school’s poor scores, but they believe test scores are just one part of the formula that makes for a good school. They cite the school’s familial atmosphere as one of its greatest strengths.
Memo to charters: Steal, pirate, plagiarize the private school playbook
Private prep school have forged many of secondary education's "best practices." Folwell Dunbar says the best public charter schools are smart to be copycats.