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Tag: Recovery School District

Ouch! Schools face last-minute funding cut; state denies vouchers are to blame

Enrollment levels are at the heart of a per-pupil state funding cut that appears likely to trim budgets by 4 percent in the remaining months of the school year.
by Jessica Williams April 16, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019

Brookings report: RSD tops in nation on school choice

by Jessica Williams December 11, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

And they're off! OPSB candidates approach the starting gate

by Jessica Williams August 15, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

BESE makes clear how charters that perform well can leave RSD

by Jessica Williams August 1, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Few appeal RSD placement; most who do get a top-three choice

by Jessica Williams June 19, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Interview with OPSB's Thomas Robichaux: Looking beyond school system's past

by Jessica Williams April 26, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Recovery School District centralizes expulsion process in bid for equity at all 66 schools

by Jessica Williams April 24, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Educator's vision: continuum to college, meaningful work

by Jessica Williams January 5, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Sagging grades likely to shutter Sojourner Truth Academy

School officials said Tuesday night that they’re preparing to dissolve the three-year-old charter campus, even before state educators reveal recommendations on whether it deserves an extension.
by Jessica Williams November 29, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Despite state mandate to keep students in class, some schools continue to have high suspension rates

High suspension rates plague New Orleans schools. Seven years after an attempt to lower them, educators see little progress.
by Jessica Williams September 12, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

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