Modern educators are taking Taylorism off the assembly line and applying it to the classroom.
Category: Schools
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
Foundation Prep attracts enough students to make it through first year, board told
Only 16 students were registered when doors opened last month. The student body is now at 38.
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Lycée Français hires consultant for Priestley work, considers third-party deal
Charter considers selling building for $9-million-plus renovation, then leasing back finished campus.
Posted inEvents, Schools
Next Breakfast with the Newsmakers will focus on schools, charters (video)
We’ll talk with Ken Ducote, the new leader of group of collaborating charter schools across the area
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Top charter-school advocate talks about changing attitudes here and Baton Rouge
The Lens sits down with Caroline Roemer Shirley to talk about charter school changes in the past 10 years.
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New Orleans has 19 new public schools as $1.8 billion building plan continues
Post-Katrina rebuilding plan is affecting campuses across the city.
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City says it’s hustling to fix school-zone lights before all campuses are open to students
Work includes replacing bulbs and batteries, and reprogramming lights to match school hours.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Schools
Obama came through with billions to rebuild New Orleans schools after Katrina
It won’t pay for everything, though, because construction costs have risen.
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
New charter unexpectedly adds grade but appears short of enrollment goal
After struggling to meet its enrollment goal, Foundation Preparatory Academy must rewrite its budget for a student body less than half the size leaders envisioned for its inaugural year.
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First day of school in New Orleans? Start dates for charters span five weeks
Campuses have 19 dates — 115 different starts when including those that stagger grades by time and date.