News Briefs
Student achievement is improving in New Orleans, even as most of the schools operated by the state-run Recovery School District remain among the lowest-performing in Louisiana.
November 17, 2008
The mother of a former Louisiana School for the Deaf student is suing the state and the school, claiming that two male students repeatedly molested her daughter.
November 10, 2008
Paul G. Vallas, whose contract with the Recovery School District in New Orleans was set to expire in June, has said he will stay on as superintendent of the state-run district at least through the 2009-10 school year.
November 4, 2008
As Roman Catholic schools and parishes across the Gulf Coast region struggle to recover from Hurricanes Ike and Gustav, the National Catholic Educational Association has launched a fundraising campaign to help out.
October 7, 2008
Louisiana lawmakers ventured into some especially controversial terrain in their recently concluded session.
July 14, 2008
Some board members said they were unhappy that Mr. Riedlinger was also serving as chief of the School Leadership Center of Greater New Orleans.
May 6, 2008
Louisiana appears on track to enact a private-school-voucher plan for New Orleans that borrows from choice programs elsewhere.
June 16, 2008
Fundamental questions remain as the 2007-08 academic year draws to a close, including how the city’s still-evolving decentralized mix of regular public schools and charters will operate in the coming years.
June 3, 2008
At the end of the school’s first year back at home at its Lower Ninth Ward campus, all but four of 49 students at the King charter school passed the Louisiana Educational Assessment Program, a requirement for them to be promoted to the 5th grade.
June 3, 2008
With strong backing from Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal, versions of the measure have cleared important hurdles in the House and two key Senate committees.
June 2, 2008
With strong backing from Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal, versions of the measure have passed the House and two key Senate committees. The Senate finance committee approved the plan today on a 6-4 vote.
May 30, 2008
Regular exposure to people connected to higher education is a key piece of one New Orleans charter school's academic model.
May 21, 2008
Despite the encouraging progress, students in the state-run Recovery School District remain academically troubled, especially in high school.
Updated: May 12, 2008
Students at a charter school in the Lower Ninth Ward had what one 4th grader described as "the best day of the year": a visit from Tulane's football players with a message to hit the books.
April 16, 2008
Plenty of academic programs, but uneven progress, mark New Orleans’ recovery district.
April 8, 2008
