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It’s back to business for area charter schools
All three schools in the Lake Charles Charter School system have fully re-opened after sustaining a range of damages from …
Education News
Role in the community park on Baronne Street earns honors for International High School of New Orleans
BY SUZANNE PFEFFERLE TAFUR | CONTRIBUTING WRITER DEC 31, 2020 – 7:00 AM Through a novel collaboration, the New Orleans …
Education News
‘Some competitive races’: Runoffs abound for Orleans Parish School Board seats
BY DELLA HASSELLE NOV 7, 2020 With only two candidates elected outright to the Orleans Parish School Board during Tuesday’s …
Board Member Focus
Alea M. Cot, Advocates for Academic Excellence in Education, Inc.
What charter school board do you serve on? Advocates for Academic Excellence in Education, Inc. (Ben Franklin High School) How …
Education News
On Hurricane Katrina’s 15th Anniversary, 5 New Orleans Educators Tap Lessons From the Storm to Confront COVID-19
By Beth HawkinsAugust 23, 2020 On the 15th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the devastation wrought by the storm and subsequent …
Education News
The ‘Katrina-to-Covid Class’: How the coronavirus era affects New Orleans students more acutely
Floodwaters and fear shaped the earliest memories of high school seniors in New Orleans. Now, they’re graduating in the middle …
Education News
86 Schools, One Goal: How Dozens of New Orleans Educators With Unique Academic Models & Layouts Are Teaming Up to Reopen This Fall
By Beth Hawkins June 24, 2020 The abrupt COVID-related closing of New Orleans schools was a study in agility. Within hours …
Education News
Louisiana House votes to protect school systems, colleges from coronavirus lawsuits
By Will Sentell June 23, 2020 A bill that would shield public and private school systems from civil lawsuits if …
Education News
Fifteen black-led New Orleans charter school groups make Juneteenth paid holiday
The Lens by MARTA JEWSONJUNE 18, 2020 Fifteen black-led New Orleans charter school groups — that combined run 31 schools …