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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.

Ben Franklin High School’s board to begin contract negotiations with new CEO

by Marta Jewson December 8, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Marta Jewson December 4, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

School choice since Katrina: the promises made, the challenges ahead

New Orleans emerges as the nation's boldest experiment in school innovation.
by Folwell Dunbar November 27, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Folwell Dunbar November 20, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Marta Jewson November 11, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

Live blog: New Orleans schools chief meeting with parents in Broadmoor

Town-hall meeting is designed to let parents bring concerns straight to the superintendent.
by Marta Jewson November 9, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

Four charter high schools are now eligible to return to Orleans Parish School Board

Charter board leaders will decide in coming months whether to switch for 2016-17 school year.
by Marta Jewson November 4, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

Live blog: New Orleans schools superintendent to hold forum in Algiers

New leaders to have sixth of seven parents meetings to hear concerns.
by Marta Jewson November 2, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

Jindal and the Core: Louisiana snubs the Manchurian Candidate

When it comes to the Common Core, it can be hard to tell right-wingers from lefties.
by Jed Horne October 30, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

State releases 2015 report cards and school scores for most high schools

Schools with just ninth through 12th grade received letter grades.
by Marta Jewson October 29, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

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