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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.
Former dump site eyed for school athletic field is under state environmental review
The district wants to trade McDonogh 7, a 142-year-old school, for a HANO site on Earhart. A neighborhood group is suing. And the state is reviewing steps taken to clean contaminants from the HANO site.
Kennedy High School seniors await transcripts as charter board investigates ‘malfeasance’
Board president says the network is looking into whether graduating seniors will be impacted by results of grade-fixing investigation.
As results of grade-fixing probe loom, five Kennedy High School administrators are ‘no longer employees,’ board president says
Charter network's board will hear results of independent investigation into alleged grade inflation next week.
Orleans School Board moving ahead with McDonogh 7 land swap for former dumpsite
The district wants to build athletic fields atop the former dump that was more recently home to public housing, but a neighborhood group has filed a lawsuit against the district.
Small charter groups seek shared bus company in hopes of saving money
Small charter groups lack the buying power of large school districts.
Friends of King charter group to move to four-day school week
Advocates of four-day school weeks say the schedule can save money and attract teachers. Critics worry about an extra day of childcare for working parents.
Ongoing asbestos cleanup forces two schools to spend another year in temporary campuses
Judge’s order allows Sophie B. Wright students to walk at graduation, but it may have come too late
The order came down 15 minutes before graduation was set to begin, according to a civil rights attorney who represented six students.
New Beginnings schools CEO resigns amid grade-changing investigation
CEO Michelle Blouin-Williams has been on paid leave since an investigation began April 1. She is also being investigated for allegedly falsifying public records.
