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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.

With last two schools choosing to transfer, total of 5 may move back to School Board

Officials at Mary D. Coghill and Fannie C. Williams voted this week to transfer from recovery district.
by Marta Jewson March 2, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

Superintendents back funding formula, say they’ll ensure special-education spending

Schools would get more money for special-education students, less for gifted students.
by Marta Jewson March 1, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

Charter schools under Algiers and Choice boards to remain with recovery district

Seven of their combined nine schools have improved enough to return to Orleans Parish School Board.
by Marta Jewson February 26, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

In threatened TOPS cuts, middle class glimpses reality faced by low-income families

College will be out of reach for more Louisianans if state budget mess guts scholarship program.
by Andre Perry February 23, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

KIPP leaders vote to return high school to auspices of Orleans School Board

Four others in the 10-school network were eligible, but move only would apply to Renaissance High.
by Marta Jewson February 19, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

ReNEW hires former Jefferson superintendent in response to testing, special-ed violations

State required the network to hire a consultant to comply with corrective-action plan after cheating.
by Marta Jewson February 18, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

Algiers Charter Schools assigns test-coordinator at each of its six schools

The move to assign responsibility is in addition to the monitors the network pledged to hire.
by Marta Jewson February 18, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

Two cheating investigations lead charters in RSD to hire testing-security monitors

State will pay for monitoring of state-chartered schools up for review. Other RSD schools will hire their own.
by Marta Jewson February 16, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

Landry-Walker principal, other administrators, suspended with pay amid cheating probe

The move comes shortly after the Algiers Charter School Association fired its CEO.
by Marta Jewson February 15, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

Traffic-camera company volunteers to fix city’s school-zone warning lights

Malfunctioning lights put students at risk, but also keeps city and company from collecting traffic fines.
by Marta Jewson February 15, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

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