New program for expelled middle school students opens in New Orleans next month
The charter group that runs The NET alternative high schools will open a therapeutic program for seventh and eighth grade students who’ve been expelled.
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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.
School district warns Coghill, refers board member reimbursements to Orleans DA and state auditor
The district also has concerns over Coghill’s use of federal education funding.
Behind The Lens episode 39: ‘That’s where the district wants to go’
A special all-schools episode. Host and producer Jessica Rosgaard talks to education researcher Doug Harris about New Orleans becoming an all-charter city. And we hear from the lawyer for a family suing John F. Kennedy High School.
State report: Kennedy HS misused credit recovery program, special education services were inadequate
State finds that students were allowed to use remediation software — intended for makeup work after failing a course — to take classes for the first time, appearing to corroborate allegations in a recently filed lawsuit.
Kennedy High parent sues school over graduation problems
Lawyer says she's pursuing class action on behalf of all 92 students who belatedly found out they were ineligible to graduate.
New Orleans becomes first major American city without traditional schools
As McDonogh 35 Senior High School is taken over by a charter management organization, the city's schools are now all charters.
Orleans schools superintendent calls for criminal investigation into Kennedy High School, announces citywide audit of high school student records
“Due to the careless and reckless actions of the adults you trusted at JFK, you should be celebrating your senior graduation this month, but instead, you have been forced to question the certainty of your future," Lewis said at Thursday's OPSB meeting.
Einstein charter network failed to give students required state social studies exam
No other schools in the state failed to "administer an entire assessment to an entire grade," a state education official said. The exams will be counted as zeroes in Einstein’s state performance score.
Cohen High prepares for move to Harney, now ‘swing-space’
Cohen will occupy the Central City campus for two to three years while a new high school is constructed at its current site.
Review finds that nearly half of Kennedy High School’s 2019 seniors were not eligible for graduation
Most of the students had been allowed to walk at graduation. 24 will have to return to complete high school in the fall, board president says.
