With new contract, state starts process of creating new standardized test for spring
Department of Education picks longtime testing company for contract valued at $3.1 million.
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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.
New Orleans College Prep opening Head Start program, may grow into Hoffman elementary
Parents won’t get first Common Core test results until November
School Board attorney takes issue with property opinion from charter’s lawyer
Lycee Francais board and counsel were considering a plan to have a third party buy Priestly site.
Plessy Community School buys Hansberry site
As a Type 1 charter, school is responsible for getting its own facility.
Saving the art of teaching from the science of education
Modern educators are taking Taylorism off the assembly line and applying it to the classroom.
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.
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.
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
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.
