Years after school lead prevention program began, most fountain filters are in, but kitchen water still unfiltered
The district doesn’t actually know if it has a lead-in-water problem because the last known testing was decades ago.
Category: 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.
Some Kennedy HS students move on, others still working toward diplomas
Graduation problems identified in the spring of 2019 affected of the class and shocked students who thought they’d graduated.
OPSB falls short in votes to overrule superintendent on charter non-renewals
Votes fail despite large community turnout for both charters. The district plans to run Coghill directly next year. Craig will be taken over by another charter organization.
Lawyer says French Quarter school did not alert parents, waited days to call police after alleged sexual assault
School CEO says Homer A. Plessy staff always promptly inform parents and authorities after an incident.
Five years after settlement in citywide special education suit, some New Orleans families still struggle for services
In 2010, after struggling to find accommodations for her son, Kelly Fischer joined other New Orleans parents in a class-action suit. Some parents are still fighting similar battles.
Six charter groups apply to run Craig and Coghill schools; four of them no longer in the running
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
