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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.

Woman convicted in school board bribery scheme is now director of outreach at Collegiate Academies

Federal prosecutors said bribes for Stacy Martin’s mother, then a school board member, went into her daughter’s account.
by Marta Jewson August 2, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

What’s left of Booker T. Washington High School has been taken off National Register of Historic Places

Most of the school was demolished, and the remaining auditorium is not significant enough on its own.
by Marta Jewson July 28, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Former head of charter group led by school district employees may return to public employment

Nicolette London quit her job at the Orleans Parish school district to become CEO of ExCEED. Now she wants to return.
by Marta Jewson July 19, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Two years later, no resolution in case of SciTech Academy employee charged with molesting a boy

Ronald Johnson left the school the day after the alleged incident. His case has been delayed 15 times.
by Marta Jewson July 18, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Here’s how New Orleans elementary schools did on standardized tests this spring

by Marta Jewson July 12, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

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

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