By Jessica Williams, The Lens staff writer | The Orleans Parish School Board has announced next year’s school building assignments and schools’ long-term homes for the 17 schools they govern. Some changes may be news to parents, though others were deta... »
By Jessica Williams, The Lens staff writer | After The Lens reported on a troubled education nonprofit that had lost the bulk of its federal funding, its embattled leader, Kyshun Webster, said that he, not the governmental service agency AmeriCorps, se... »
A nonprofit organization that earned acclaim tutoring students has drastically cut its programs because, former employees say, it lacked financial acumen and suffered from its leader’s extravagant spending. »
The most recent round of health inspections of public-school cafeterias show troubling conditions at some schools, including rat feces, roaches and flies. »
By Jessica Williams, The Lens staff writer | Only two of seven charter applications were tentatively approved by the Orleans Parish School Board Tuesday night, despite vigorous support by some board members and audience members. Encore Academy and Citi... »
One in a series of conversations with New Orleans educators Andre Perry describes himself as an education “thought leader”. His work has run the gamut from advocacy for immigrant education rights to university professor to chief executive of a charter ... »
Only six of the 43 charter school boards in New Orleans could show that they even come close to complying with a state law designed to ensure public input in their budgeting process. »
