Seven schools recommended for renewal, and four others get necessary one-year extension.
Category: Schools
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33 out of 52 RSD charters now are eligible to return to School Board oversight
Only one school has made the move, but some things have changed with School Board.
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See a full list of new Orleans Parish public school report-card grades in one place
This year’s school performance scores include PARCC results for elementary students.
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Even after OneApp early deadline, parents can change choices
Except for special programs, preferred ranking aren’t due until end of February.
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New Orleans schools superintendent set to hold last town-hall meeting tonight
Orleans Parish schools Superintendent Henderson Lewis will host his final town-hall meeting tonight at Lake Forest Elementary School.
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
Ben Franklin High School’s board to begin contract negotiations with new CEO
They’re just a signature and board vote away from sealing the deal with Patrick Widhalm.
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Lusher provides name of admission test, after state attorney general’s opinion
School would not release information, saying it could give some an unfair advantage.
Posted inOpinion, Schools
School choice since Katrina: the promises made, the challenges ahead
New Orleans emerges as the nation’s boldest experiment in school innovation.
Posted inOpinion, Schools
Nostalgia undermines struggle to make so-so schools truly excellent
What the older generation remembers from their own school days is increasingly irrelevant to a changing world.
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
Karr band program, others, didn’t get usual listing on the citywide OneApp form
New review process prevented inclusion on the applications that were made available last week.