The nonprofits that run Joseph A. Craig Charter School and Mary D. Coghill Charter School are likely to lose their charters at the end of the year.
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How New Orleans schools’ ‘graduation rate index’ jumped 20 points in one year (Hint: It’s not the same thing as the graduation rate)
The state’s graduation rate index is a part of its rating system. While the state uses the graduation rate to calculate the index score, the two numbers are not the same.
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Changes in ACT will allow students to combine best scores beginning in fall 2020
The ability to take individual subject tests and to combine best scores could help level the playing field between low-income and more affluent students, says an administrator at the city’s largest charter operator.
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Bricolage Academy narrows CEO search to two candidates, hires interim
The Esplanade Avenue charter school’s founder and longtime CEO is stepping down at the end of the month to take a new position.
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Orleans school board chair to review superintendent’s decision not to renew two charters
Thursday’s OPSB meeting was packed with protesters opposing district’s plans to end Coghill, Craig charters.
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Facing closure or takeover, Coghill’s special education warning extended
The school failed to provide special education services to nine students and the district extended its August warning which seeks to remedy that.
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Facing loss of state funds, Orleans school board votes for property tax ‘roll forward,’ increasing taxes for many residents
The move is expected to net city schools $15.1 million next year.
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School district recommends that Coghill and Craig lose charters, seven others renewed or extended
The district has yet to announce details on what happens next for the two schools. (Marta Jewon/The Lens)
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Compare 2019 New Orleans school ratings
The majority of city schools earned a C or a D in the Louisiana Department of Education annual A-F letter grade ratings released Wednesday. The ratings take into account state standardized tests and other factors.
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NOLA Public Schools sends warning letters to three schools over special education concerns
The state identified issues with the schools last year after monitoring them as part of a federal consent decree. They were placed on corrective action plans months ago. It’s not clear why the district waited until last week to respond.