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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.

All NOLA Public Schools must move to virtual learning by Thursday

Move comes as city’s case numbers and positivity rate have surpassed thresholds set by the school district.
by Marta Jewson January 4, 2021 Updated January 4, 2021

At least one New Orleans school shuts in-person classes down due to rising COVID-19 numbers, staff exposures

School CEO says it is ‘unwise’ and ‘unethical’ to continue to operate as normal now that the city’s daily case counts and positivity rate have surpassed limits set in the fall.
by Marta Jewson January 4, 2021 Updated January 4, 2021

Orleans Parish School Board unanimously rejects six Folgers tax breaks

Officials said the district could not “fiscally tolerate” any additional financial loss during the pandemic. Earlier, the N.O. City Council delayed a vote on most of the exemptions.
by Marta Jewson December 17, 2020 Updated December 17, 2020

COVID-19 cases hold steady in NOLA Public Schools, 769 people quarantining

Officials cautioned New Orleanians to keep holiday gatherings small so school can reopen in-person after the holiday break.
by Marta Jewson December 17, 2020 Updated December 17, 2020

OPSB committee votes against multimillion-dollar Folgers property tax exemptions

The tax breaks go to the full board on Thursday, the same day that the City Council is set to vote on the requests from Folgers.
by Marta Jewson and Michael Isaac Stein December 15, 2020 Updated December 17, 2020

NOLA Public Schools COVID-19 cases hold steady at 80, 712 quarantining

The cases are spread across 44 campuses, more than half the city's public schools.
by Marta Jewson December 10, 2020 Updated December 10, 2020

NOLA Public Schools declines to renew Crocker College Prep; 17 charters win new contracts

Crocker was one of five schools with academic results that triggered ‘comprehensive review,’ a process that was expanded during the pandemic.
by Marta Jewson December 8, 2020 Updated December 8, 2020

Study: OneApp’s half-mile ‘priority’ is more likely to benefit white, higher-income students

About 15 percent of high-income kindergarten applicants had the priority for a high-demand school, compared to 8.7 percent of low-income applicants.
by Marta Jewson December 8, 2020 Updated December 9, 2020

J.C. Romero tops OPSB incumbent Leslie Ellison in school board races

Ellison lost by 10 points after nearly winning outright in November.
by Marta Jewson December 5, 2020 Updated December 5, 2020

NOLA Public Schools to present charter renewal slate Tuesday

One-third of the 18 schools up for renewal have D or F letter grades.
by Marta Jewson December 4, 2020 Updated December 4, 2020

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