Erica Larkins took a risk when she took a job at Abramson Elementary in eastern New Orleans. The school was failing. There were reports of cheating and student violence. Still, she joined the staff and enrolled her daughter Elexi into the school’s second grade. A year later, Larkins is happy with her position and with […]
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VAYLA study reveals student concerns about quality of education at six city high schools
By Jessica Williams, The Lens staff writer | Those with the greatest stake in the city’s educational system – its students – came together today with criticisms and recommendations for reform. In what it’s calling the most extensive student-led evaluation of the New Orleans public school landscape since Hurricane Katrina, members of the Vietnamese American Young […]
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Abramson to argue in court that BESE didn't follow its own rules in revoking charter
By Jessica Williams, The Lens staff writer | Did the state make a rash decision when it recently revoked a New Orleans school’s charter? That’s what will be argued in court Thursday as the embattled former managers of Abramson Science and Technology Charter School present their case against the state school board. Representatives from the […]