Class Dismissed: The final year in a closing school
As teachers and students search for new jobs and schools, resources dwindle and test scores could too. Part two in a series on school closures in New Orleans.
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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.
Singleton charter violated special education law again, school district says
The Orleans Parish school district has issued Singleton three warnings this school year.
Four F-rated Orleans schools work on improvement plans
The Orleans Parish school district is working with the schools rather than closing them.
Student brings unloaded gun to Baby Ben, prompts brief lockdown, officials say
The lockdown was lifted and police are investigating.
New Orleans charter leaders work to align school calendars
Participation is voluntary, but some New Orleans charter school leaders say they want to coordinate days off when possible to ease the burden on parents with children in multiple schools.
Class Dismissed: How and when New Orleans schools close
The Orleans Parish school district is closing five schools this spring. In the first part in a series on school closures, The Lens talks to experts, advocates and parents about how a decision to close a school is made, and how it should be made.
School district cites “exceptional circumstance” at Harney fund transfer
New Orleans schools again push back deadline to finish lead filter installation
The district has installed filters in 30 schools, fewer than half of the city's public schools. That’s three sites shy of its December goal.
Time to get real about ‘open’ enrollment: what works, what’s a workaround?
Auditors again find financial problems with nonprofit that ran Harney elementary
Once again, Harney nonprofit board is flagged for poor financial management and bookkeeping. By the time the audit was released, however, the school was no longer under charter management.
