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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.

Ahead of unification, Orleans school district formalizes warning system for charters

The first warning went to Alice Harte Charter School for initially denying admission to a student.
by Marta Jewson July 12, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Charter school’s refusal to admit students lacking uniforms wasn’t its first violation

The state issued a warning to Sophie B. Wright two years ago for the same problem with homeless students.
by Marta Jewson July 7, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Three months later, the state finally has records it sought about 9-year-old’s handcuffing at school

The state issued a formal warning to Friends of King Schools after it hadn't gotten documents on policies and training.
by Marta Jewson July 5, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

City health department will spend the summer trying to make it safer for children to get to school

It will target 14 schools, using a $650,000 grant.
by Marta Jewson June 30, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Looking beyond ‘might supremacist’ school principal to the deeper issues

The case raises questions about last-chance schools themselves.
by Andre Perry June 27, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Charter school kept two homeless children out of class for a month because they didn’t have uniforms

The Louisiana Department of Education said Sophie B. Wright violated the terms of its charter.
by Marta Jewson June 21, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

STEM learning outside school can be a life-saver in a violent New Orleans

Summertime and weekend programs can supercharge learning.
by Andre Perry June 20, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Orleans Parish school district looking for outside group to take over Mahalia Jackson facility

Whether the school remains depends on the proposals, the superintendent says.
by Marta Jewson June 15, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

New Orleans College Prep didn’t notify the public, media about its CEO search committee meetings

That appears to violate the state Open Meetings Law.
by Marta Jewson June 14, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Most schools are out for the summer, but drivers don’t know if they need to slow down

Some school lights flash for weeks after students are gone because the city puts them all on the same schedule.
by Marta Jewson June 7, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

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