The state’s TOPS scholarship program and state budget formulas handicap less-advantaged students and colleges, and it’s a national trend.
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InspireNOLA likely to take over Capdau as New Beginnings works to retain staff
New Beginnings voted to surrender its two charter schools at the end of this year after graduation problems at John F. Kennedy High School.
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Judge dismisses Orleans Parish School Board from Kennedy HS students’ lawsuit
The civil district court judge also dismissed the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, leaving the Louisiana Department of Education and Kennedy’s charter group, New Beginnings.
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On track for an ‘F’ rating, Coghill Charter unlikely to be renewed
The Gentilly Woods elementary school’s principal hinted that she’d discussed charter surrender with the superintendent.
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NOLA Public Schools kicks off Juvenile Justice Week
Council of Chief State School Officers’ National Teacher of the Year Rodney Robinson gave district staff an impassioned speech Monday morning.
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Orleans school board approves facility plan
Plan includes selling or trading off seven vacant buildings the district doesn’t need.
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NOLA Public Schools asks board for more in property taxes next year
If the board doesn’t approve a tax “roll forward,” city schools stand to lose about $9 million, CFO says.
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Citywide school audit will cover about 5 percent of high school student files
A former deputy superintendent says the audit is a good start, but the district needs to look at more than what is currently planned.
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School district’s new high school accountability director starts work at Kennedy
Position was created in the wake of Kennedy HS graduation scandal.
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Court-appointed special education monitors detail how the state picked the wrong New Orleans schools for federal consent decree scrutiny
Calculation errors, sloppy record-keeping led to 10 schools being erroneously picked for special monitoring. Plaintiffs’ attorney says the details in the report are troubling and point to the state’s inability to oversee New Orleans’ decentralized system.