The Orleans Parish School Board has packed a lot into the year’s last round of committee meetings, including discussion of the common enrollment requirements for all of its chartered and traditional schools. The meetings started at 1 p.m. Thursday, and I live-blogged them here. In November, the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education gave […]
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NET High students improve on state grad exam, Ostberg says
NET Charter High School students performed better on Louisiana’s required graduation exam this fall compared with last year. School director Elizabeth Ostberg presented the scores to the Educators for Quality Alternatives board during their Dec. 11 meeting. Twenty-seven sophomores and juniors took the state-mandated test in October, though Ostberg said, “all of these students should […]
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Behrman and Walker firmly oppose continued RSD oversight
Money and control are key concerns of Algiers Charter School Association officials facing the decision to switch three of the organization’s schools to Orleans Parish School Board governance, board members said Tuesday night. The charter operator has a Jan. 7 deadline to decide whether to allow high-performing schools Dwight Eisenhower Academy, Martin Behrman Charter School, […]
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Success Prep leaders celebrate one year charter extension
Despite a recent enrollment dip, Success Preparatory Academy last week celebrated a one-year charter extension granted by the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. During a Dec. 4 meeting of Success Prep’s board, officials anticipated the renewal and praised state officials’ for recommending the campus stay open for at least one more year. Enrollment […]
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Group unveils Walker-Landry merger plan details
A committee tasked with crafting the fall 2013 merger of two Algiers neighborhood high schools faced heated opposition from both school communities again Saturday during a public forum held to lay out a unification plan for O. Perry Walker and L.B. Landry high schools. Saturday’s forum at Behrman Elementary School was one of several community […]
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Speakers at public hearing favor charters' return to elected board
Money and control are key concerns of Algiers Charter School Association officials facing the decision to switch three of the organization’s schools to Orleans Parish School Board governance, board members said Tuesday night. The charter operator has a Jan. 7 deadline to decide whether to allow high-performing schools Dwight Eisenhower Academy, Martin Behrman Charter School, […]
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Lusher anti-bullying effort wins $10,000 award from Brees
Lusher Charter School CEO Kathy Riedlinger and High School Principal Wiley Ates announced Saturday that Lusher students’ “I Am” campaign idea had won $10,000 in the Drew Brees “Trust Your Crazy Ideas” competition, beating out St. Augustine High School, New Orleans College Prep Charter School, and Isidore Newman School. Riedlinger shared the news during the […]
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Lycée Francais board bars press from meeting with parents
Board members at the embattled Lycée Français de la Nouvelle Orléans Charter School Monday closed the doors to “anybody who is not connected with the family” of the school as they met for two hours with parents in what they insisted was not a public meeting. The closed-door session involving three board members and about […]
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Lycée board shuts press out of meeting with parents
Board members at the embattled Lycée Français de la Nouvelle Orléans Charter School Monday closed the doors to “anybody who is not connected with the family” of the school as they met for two hours with parents in what they insisted was not a public meeting. The closed-door session involving three board members and about […]
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Brookings report: RSD tops in nation on school choice
The Recovery School District ranks first among more than 100 school districts nationally for its school choice offerings, a report from the Brookings Institution said Tuesday. The state-run district was judged by The Brown Center on Education Policy, with results posted on Brookings’ Education Choice and Competition Index, a web application that ranks school districts […]