Louisiana balloon release ban inspires Sci High students to rethink tradition
Environmental science students are exploring affordable alternatives that honor loved ones while protecting wildlife, waterways and local infrastructure.
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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.
When the school closes, what happens to the community?
On empty seats, full buildings and who gets left holding them.
Behind The Lens Podcast: Clean slate and school bells (audio)
These Louisiana K-12 school jobs won’t come with a state stipend this year
A firm number of employees affected depends on school staffing plans that are still being finalized
Schools are rethinking whether every student needs a laptop
No single policy stands out among all the new state and districts policies governing technology. What's notable is how quickly the conversation around education and technology has changed.
Before Teacher Shield is needed, provide resources to prevent aggression
Act 141 aims to protect Louisiana educators by removing students who assault school employees.
Pre-k seats are a scarce resource in New Orleans — and Louisiana budget cuts might make them more difficult to get
New Orleans serves about 84% of 4-year-olds from low-income families. That leaves many New Orleans children entering kindergarten without necessary skills, and hundreds of parents who are not able to work as much as they want to, or at all, creating economic hardship.
Behind The Lens: Governor’s veto and student’s arrest put government power under scrutiny (audio)
Questions about how power Is exercised in Louisiana, as the governor vetoes more money for wrongfully convicted exonerees and a 14-year-old student is handcuffed and barred from her middle-school graduation.
Industrial pollution linked to learning disabilities in New Orleans area
As Louisiana’s petrochemical industrial facilities expand, the children that live near them are faced with long-term health and developmental impacts
Girls usually enter the criminal justice system after abuse
After being kicked out of her house and expelled from school, a 16-year-old girl, Mea, learns to survive on her own.
