New Orleans Schools

School Psychologist's Tweets About 'Black Thugs' Stir Up Firestorm in New Orleans

Posted 05.22.2012

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A school psychologist in New Orleans is under fire for posting racially inflammatory comments online amid a debate about the school system's treatment...

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The Great Cafeteria Takeover: "Rethinking" the Approach to School Food Reform

Johanna Gilligan | Posted 05.11.2012

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Johanna Gilligan

"The Great Cafeteria Takeover" portrays a group of young adults who are leaders in the school food reform movement.

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A Deafening Silence

John Merrow | Posted 05.04.2012

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John Merrow

Gun violence is tearing our urban centers apart, and the blood that's most often shed seems to be that of promising young children. Why the deafening silence from our leading campuses?

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WATCH: Ludacris' 250,000 Books For Post-Katrina Students

Posted 11.04.2011

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Ludacris has helped collect more than 250,000 books for school libraries to serve over 30,000 New Orleans students affected by Hurricane Katrina in 20...

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2 NOLA Schools Demolished In Post-Katrina Rebuilding

NOLA.com | R. Stephanie Bruno | Posted 11.04.2011

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Two New Orleans public schools, one built on top of a cemetery and the other on land previously owned by City Park, are among the latest buildings to ...

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Finding America's Narrative

Sarah Carr | Posted 10.16.2011

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Sarah Carr

Narratives have been used to divide us not only in the conversation about school reform, but just about every major issue facing the country, including health care, foreign policy, and, yes, the debt ceiling.

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New Orleans Schools: A Nexus Of Poverty, High Expulsion Rates, Hyper-security And Novice Teachers

The American Independent | Mikhail Zinshteyn | Posted 09.22.2011

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John, an eighth grader at the time, gives another student on school grounds a candy bar. He is spotted by a security guard and told he now faces suspe...

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Joy Resmovits

Phasing Out State Control of Post-Katrina Schools

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 08.15.2011

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With 75% of New Orleans students slated to attend charter schools next year, some stakeholders say a management split between the far-away state capit...

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When Schools Get in the Way of Education

Susan Sawyers | Posted 05.25.2011

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Susan Sawyers

Wendy Kopp sat down Tuesday night with writer Malcolm Gladwell at the New York Public Library, to talk about education as a way to overcome poverty.

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Laura Bassett

Post-Katrina, New Orleans Rescues a Drowning Public School System

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 05.25.2011

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Before Hurricane Katrina, the public school system in New Orleans was notoriously corrupt and under-performing. The state deemed a staggering 64 perc...

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New Orleans Schools Awarded $1.8 Billion To Repair Hurricane Katrina Damage

CNN | Posted 05.25.2011

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The federal government will award $1.8 billion to New Orleans schools damaged by Hurricane Katrina, U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-Louisiana, said Wednesd...

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Paul Vallas: Not Running For Chicago Mayor, Developing School Model For Haiti

Posted 05.25.2011

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Former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas, who has been superintendent of the Recovery School District of Louisiana in New Orleans since 2007, is ...

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Arne Duncan: Hurricane Katrina Was The 'Best Thing' For New Orleans Schools

ABC News | Posted 05.25.2011

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ABC News' Mary Bruce Reports: Education Secretary Arne Duncan said today that Hurricane Katrina was "the best thing that happened to the education sys...

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