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."
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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.
Webcast: graduation rates and job readiness part of WYES coverage
Joint education reporting initiative will examine options for students after high school.
Live blog: State education board considers OPSB request to take over John Mac
More than 500 people have signed a petition asking OPSB to run it as a traditional school, not a charter.
Sophie B. Wright renovations will last through 2015-16 school year
The school solicited bids for construction last week. A neighbor says it’s starting to look blighted.
Frustrated parents wait hours to enroll children in schools, only to be turned away
About 800 parents showed up; the Recovery School District was expecting about 100.
Lake Forest expects increased per-pupil revenue to help it achieve a balanced budget in 2014-15
It’s getting harder for the school to pay for increased contributions to the state teachers’ pension system.
With help of school counseling, family tackles mental disorders of three siblings
Some schools offer counseling and specialized teaching for their most troubled students.
Audio: ReNEW program takes extra steps to teach its most troubled students
Trained in counseling and special ed, the teachers know how to deal with kids in crisis.
Children with mental illnesses struggle to find help as schools, hospital systems are decentralized
New Orleans has become a case study in how children and families are affected by decentralization of public education and mental health systems. The problem is particularly urgent because more schoolchildren suffer from mental health issues here than in other parts of the country.
Live blog: As officials debate governance, John Mac community members seek Orleans Parish School Board oversight
We’ll live-blog a community meeting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.
