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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.

Posted inElementary to High School, New Orleans, News, The South

In New Orleans and nationally, a growing number of charter schools aspire to be ‘diverse by design’

Avatar photo by Sarah Carr November 5, 2013September 15, 2021
Posted inCommon Core, Elementary to High School, New Orleans, News, The South

In Louisiana, mixed signals on Common Core heighten schools’ anxiety

Avatar photo by Danielle Dreilinger and Sarah Carr September 27, 2013October 21, 2020
Posted inCommon Core, Elementary to High School, New Orleans, News, The South

First-grade teacher dives into Common Core with cautious optimism

Avatar photo by Sarah Carr September 2, 2013October 21, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School, New Orleans, News, The South

College-for-all vs. career education? Moving beyond a false debate

Avatar photo by Sarah Carr August 19, 2013October 21, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School, Mississippi, New Orleans, News, The South

To improve learning, some schools lengthen the school day or year

Avatar photo by Sarah Carr July 31, 2013October 21, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School, New Orleans, News, Teacher Effectiveness, The South

Grading the teachers’ teachers

Avatar photo by Sarah Carr May 2, 2013October 21, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School, New Orleans, News, The South

The real reasons many low-income students don’t go to college

Avatar photo by Sarah Carr February 26, 2013October 21, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School, New Orleans, News, The South

School vouchers make a comeback, stir concerns about quality

Avatar photo by Sarah Carr August 21, 2012October 21, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School, New Orleans, News, The South

Do ‘zero tolerance’ school discipline policies go too far?

Avatar photo by Sarah Carr May 22, 2012October 21, 2020

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