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New Orleans

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina’s devastation, officials dramatically remade the long-struggling education system in New Orleans, turning it into the nation’s first all charter-school system. Our stories will look at what’s working — and what’s not — in the nation’s largest, most ambitious experiment with school decentralization.

racist language
Posted inNews

We should all ‘go back’ — to the American founding ideal of shared struggle, despite our differences

Avatar photo by Andre Perry July 24, 2019October 21, 2020
"ban the box"
Posted inNews

From prison to dean’s list: How Danielle Metz got an education after incarceration

Casey Parks by Casey Parks July 8, 2019April 8, 2021
Posted inNew Orleans, News, The South

The wealth that new schools should build

Avatar photo by Andre Perry June 11, 2019October 21, 2020
Posted inNew Orleans, News, The South

The late New Orleans chef Leah Chase was a teacher at heart

Avatar photo by Andre Perry June 4, 2019October 21, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School

New Orleans finally has control of its own schools, but will all parents really have a say?

Avatar photo by Emmanuel Felton May 21, 2019October 21, 2020
Posted inNews

Charter schools nearly destroyed this New Orleans school. Now it will become one.

by Jess Clark April 29, 2019October 21, 2020
Posted inNews

How New Orleans leaders built a segregated city

Avatar photo by Sarah Carr March 14, 2019October 21, 2020
Posted inArts Education, Elementary to High School, High School Reform, New Orleans, News, The South

Marching in Mardi Gras, a New Orleans school that once struggled shows off

Avatar photo by Katy Reckdahl March 3, 2019October 21, 2020
Girls Coach Katie Lucky-Heard (left, white shirt) delivered a half-time pep talk to her team. “Tú puedes,” she said. You can do it.
Posted inElementary to High School

Immigrant students once barred from sports can now play in Louisiana

Casey Parks by Casey Parks January 28, 2019October 21, 2020
Posted inColumnists

To un-muzzle upstart Negros, we need black-owned news media

Avatar photo by Andre Perry January 22, 2019April 8, 2021

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