New French accreditation and educational partnership cited by board in boosting pay to $110,000.
Category: Schools
Posted inOpinion, Schools
Complex education system requires that Orleans Parish School Board finds the right superintendent
The right person should welcome the challenge of being on the cutting edge of school reform.
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
Boards of New Beginnings, Lycee Francais to consider whether to renew CEO contracts
Agenda recommends approving leader at French immersion school; other board will vote after closed-door session.
Posted inOpinion, Schools
Orleans Parish School Board can’t advance a collective agenda, and we all share the blame
Each meeting is a rerun of the previous ones, ending in the same split votes. But citizens have allowed that to continue.
Posted inOpinion, Schools
By failing to hire a superintendent, Orleans school board puts politics above education
The issues that board members refuse to bend on have nothing to do with quality.
Posted inOpinion, Schools
Ugliness in New Orleans school board meetings deters superintendent candidates
What educational leader would want to work in such an adversarial environment?
Posted inOpinion, Schools
School board should look for opportunity in upcoming court ruling on post-Katrina teacher layoffs
Acknowledge that teachers were wronged and start working toward a unified school district.
Posted inOpinion, Schools
Orleans school board must agree on direction before hiring a superintendent
The board has failed to hire someone to lead its schools because members disagree about the direction of the system.
Posted inOpinion, Schools
Cutting to the core of Jindal’s flip-flop on aligning schools with national standards
“Jindal has offered his hand to a Stepford wife, a conservative suburbanite, a Mrs. Brady.”
Posted inSchools
Webcast: graduation rates and job readiness part of WYES coverage
Joint education reporting initiative will examine options for students after high school.