Priestly Charter gets campus
Albeit temporary, the students at Priestley Charter School will have a home before the new Louisiana State University Hospital claims their current address for its own in January.
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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.
LSU faculty forming union to fight state budget cuts
In light of layoffs due to massive budget cuts within Louisiana’s public-funded university systems, Louisiana State University faculty members are forming a union, falling in line with colleagues at other state universities.
Struggling charter high school again booted from its home
By January, Priestly School of Architecture and Construction seniors Tamara Handy and Jason Lang will have attended classes at three campuses in four years, moving with the peripatetic New Orleans charter high school.
Charter schools not required to comply with proposal to help special ed students
It's none of your business: Most charters don't comply with open-meetings law
The state charter school law frees independently run public-school campuses from many laws. However, that doesn’t include the state’s open-meetings law.
Successful post-Katrina programs in jeopardy of losing federal backing
Franklin High principal to get evaluated by board annually
After four years as a charter school separate from the city’s beleaguered system, Benjamin Franklin High School’s leaders on Thursday fell into compliance with a state law that requires the principal to be evaluated.
Theft from school may cost school its independence
School embezzler senteneced to five years in federal pen
