By Jessica Williams, The Lens staff writer | Teachers in need of classroom supplies take heed: One national non-profit has stepped in to help fill the resource gap at area public schools – if you’re interested in exactly what they’re offering. The Generation Project, an online education philanthropy that funnels resources to low-income kindergarten through […]
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Abramson to argue in court that BESE didn't follow its own rules in revoking charter
By Jessica Williams, The Lens staff writer | Did the state make a rash decision when it recently revoked a New Orleans school’s charter? That’s what will be argued in court Thursday as the embattled former managers of Abramson Science and Technology Charter School present their case against the state school board. Representatives from the […]
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Innovative RSD planning process enters final month: public weighs in on needed changes
By Jessica Williams, The Lens staff writer | More transparency, more equity, and greater levels of commitment to non-charter schools were among requests from community members at a public task force meeting Tuesday night with Recovery School District head John White. Members of the task force – comprising representatives from the RSD, the non-profit Orleans […]
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Louisiana charter schools group posts online library of applicable laws and regulations
By Jessica Williams, The Lens staff writer | The charter school community – and, no doubt, its critics as well – will benefit from an online compilation of laws regarding the operation of these schools. The Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools has posted the law library on its website above all for the use […]
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Rethinkers ink pact with RSD and ARAMARK to use local food in 37 school cafeterias
By Jessica Williams, The Lens staff writer | The school ratings are out – and, no, we’re not talking LEAP scores. Student reformers from Kids Rethink New Orleans Schools, a coalition of students advocating upgrades in school food choices, on Thursday released their 2011 cafeteria ratings for nine schools. The report card, created with help […]
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OPSB blames co-defendant as teachers seek compensation for 2006 mass firings
By Jessica Williams, The Lens staff writer | One defendant — the Orleans Parish School Board — tried repeatedly to blame a co- defendant – the state Department of Education — as school board employees who were terminated after Katrina made their case against both parties in Civil District Court on Wednesday. It was the […]
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More names surface to succeed Pastorek as Louisiana's superintendent of education
By Jessica Williams, The Lens staff writer | One measure of Louisiana’s high profile in the national debate over school reform is the active interest being shown by the Obama administration in who will succeed Paul Pastorek as the state’s superintendent of education. But there are more names in circulation than Obama’s preference, newly appointed […]
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Tulane erases scandal-plagued frat house; cop station to rise on cleared Broadway lot
By Karen Gadbois, The Lens staff writer | Tulane on Tuesday dumped a frat house into the dustbin of Greek history to make way for a new campus police station. A wrecking crew made quick work of the former Pi Kappa Alpha house at 1036 Broadway, catty corner to The Boot, a popular campus watering […]
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UNO Charter Network making moves to get every education major into classrooms
By Naomi Martin, The Lens staff writer | All education majors at the University of New Orleans would take on teaching roles in the four Capital One-UNO charter schools, under a new plan presented to the charters’ governing board. The New Beginnings School Foundation oversees 1,640 students in four schools: P.A. Capdau Elementary, Gentilly Terrace […]
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Student fees vary widely throughout Orleans public school system, Lens study shows
Public education is free, right? Wrong. From uniform costs to “enrichment fees,” New Orleans parents increasingly pay something toward their children’s education.