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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.

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.
by Marta Jewson October 13, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Deirdre Johnson Burel October 13, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Mike Stenson October 9, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

Ugliness in New Orleans school board meetings deters superintendent candidates

What educational leader would want to work in such an adversarial environment?
by Sarah Usdin October 9, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Andre Perry October 8, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Gail Glapion October 7, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

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."
by C.W. Cannon September 10, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

Webcast: graduation rates and job readiness part of WYES coverage

Joint education reporting initiative will examine options for students after high school.
by The Editors August 28, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Della Hasselle July 30, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Sarah Tan July 23, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

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