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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.

Why Louisiana parents stand behind school vaccine protections

Though Louisiana legislators again introduced the "Medical Freedom Act," which prohibits vaccine requirements, the version that made it through the Louisiana House was amended so that it did not apply to schools or daycares. There is widespread bipartisan support for school vaccine protocols - and here's why, says the writer, the co-director of Louisiana Families for Vaccines.
by Eric Johnson June 2, 2026 Updated June 8, 2026

Not able to walk

After Warren Easton barred an honors student from participating in her graduation, advocates are calling for schools to stop withholding graduation ceremonies from students as a form of punishment.
by Katy Reckdahl May 18, 2026 Updated May 19, 2026

Post-Katrina instability connection to jailbreak is ‘to easy’

As a former teacher, it’s easy for me to connect those involved with last year’s jailbreak with their past, as students who went through the storm, were displaced, and returned to schools in tumult.
by Julienne Louis-Anderson May 12, 2026 Updated May 13, 2026
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How to ignite concern for climate change in boys, who seem to have less interest in the environment.

Studies suggest girls care more about the planet and climate change. One researcher suggests nurturing the ethic in boys, and in all children, starting as early as primary school. "We know that all young people care about each other and nature."
by Caroline Preston, The Hechinger Report May 4, 2026 Updated May 6, 2026

Gov. Landry orders Louisiana schools to begin posting Ten Commandments

In the wake of an appeals court ruling, some Louisiana public school leaders are now making plans to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom. Others await guidance because plaintiffs in the case could appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
by Marta Jewson March 15, 2026 Updated March 15, 2026

Charter school advocates fear their future at the Labor Department

Leaked emails show the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools landed a meeting with the Labor Secretary, who assuaged short-term concerns. Long-run worries remain though.
by Matt Barnum, Chalkbeat December 19, 2025 Updated December 22, 2025

Will NOLA Public Schools fulfill its promise to the Leah Chase School community?

Leah Chase School, it seems, was never meant to exist—at least, not as a traditional public school. Less than two years later, NOLA Public Schools’ board members are debating whether to close it.  
by Elizabeth K. Jeffers December 18, 2025 Updated December 28, 2025

‘A leap of faith’: parents plead to save Leah Chase School

With OPSB slated to decide the fate of Leah Chase School tonight, school parents, along with the Chase family itself, are asking the board to believe in the school
by Marta Jewson December 18, 2025 Updated December 22, 2025
Assistant principal at Frederick A. Douglass High School smiles and dances among students in a school auditorium after announcing the school earned an A+ rating, with the stage band playing and students celebrating around him.

Compare 2025 school performance scores for New Orleans charters

As a district, NOLA Public Schools improved from a C to a B. The move up appears to be driven by a jump in A-rated schools in the city.
by Marta Jewson November 20, 2025 Updated November 23, 2025

Leah Chase School principal resigns

The school faces a sizable budget gap. Proponents say that it’s expensive to launch a stand-alone school, especially one that aspires to be a “beacon of culture.”
by Marta Jewson and Katy Reckdahl October 9, 2025 Updated December 28, 2025

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