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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.

Three-campus deal will keep Cohen in place, give Booker T. Washington to KIPP

KIPP expected to finance a K-8 campus elsewhere on its own, freeing money to rebuild Cohen.
by Marta Jewson October 21, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

KIPP passes measure to take on debt for construction if RSD comes through with land

by Marta Jewson October 15, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

Live blog tonight: Schools chief visits West Bank for town hall meeeting

by Marta Jewson October 14, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

City makes fitful progress in repairing school-zone caution lights

Drive by a school zone light at random in the city of New Orleans on a weekday and there’s about a 50 percent chance it works. And that’s an improvement. The number of broken lights has slowly dropped in three field surveys by The Lens, but the city hasn’t come close to repairing them all, as a city official promised in July.
by Marta Jewson October 13, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

Superintendent of Orleans Parish schools begins series of community meetings

Parents and other community members invited tonight to 6 p.m. event at Audubon Charter School.
by Marta Jewson October 12, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

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

New Orleans College Prep opening Head Start program, may grow into Hoffman elementary

by Marta Jewson October 6, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

Parents won’t get first Common Core test results until November

by Marta Jewson September 29, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Marta Jewson September 22, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

Plessy Community School buys Hansberry site

As a Type 1 charter, school is responsible for getting its own facility.
by Marta Jewson September 17, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

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