New Orleans Schools
Recovery & Reform
School & District Management
As Year Ends, Questions Remain for New Orleans
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.
School Choice & Charters
In New Orleans, University's Charter School Makes Gains
Regular exposure to people connected to higher education is a key piece of one New Orleans charter school's academic model.
Assessment
New Orleans Pupils Post Gains on State Tests
Despite the encouraging progress, students in the state-run Recovery School District remain academically troubled, especially in high school.
Student Achievement
Playing Catch-Up
Plenty of academic programs, but uneven progress, mark New Orleans’ recovery district.
School Climate & Safety
FEMA Site Shows Recovery Money
The Web site is intended to offer a clearer picture of how much the government is spending to rebuild public schools in the city.
School Choice & Charters
No Easy Road to Choice
Ensuring that families have their pick of an array of attractive public schools has been tricky in post-Katrina New Orleans.
School & District Management
Vallas Intends to Refashion High Schools in New Orleans
The overhaul would offer career-oriented magnet programs at each campus, along with a districtwide college-preparatory curriculum of honors and Advanced Placement courses.
Student Well-Being
‘The Hurricane Messed a Lot of Us Up’
Settling back in to school has been a struggle for thousands of New Orleans students whose lives were disrupted by Katrina.
Teaching Profession
State-Run School System Could Start Handing Out Big Bonuses
Teachers and principals at schools the state has taken over could earn big bonuses if they bring the schools up to certain standards.
Federal
Foundations Donate Millions to Help New Orleans Schools’ Recovery
Three major foundations today will announce a gift of nearly $18 million for the recovery of public schooling in New Orleans, in what will be the first large-scale infusion of funding from national philanthropic organizations for the city’s education system since Hurricane Katrina struck more than two years ago.
School & District Management
‘Welcome School’ Eases Post-Katrina Placements
The program was conceived to offer students in 6th through 12th grades support services and placement in one of the 34 schools that the RSD is operating this school year.
Teaching Profession
New Teachers Are New Orleans Norm
Hundreds of fresh recruits, many of them new to K-12 teaching, are filling public school classrooms across the city in Katrina’s aftermath.
Classroom Technology
New Orleans Equips High School Students With Laptops
Thousands of public high school students in New Orleans received their own laptop computers this month as part of a $53 million technology initiative.
Classroom Technology
New Orleans District Bills Laptop Program as Cultural Shift
Thousands of public high school students in New Orleans received their own laptop computers this month—part of a $53 million technology initiative by the Recovery School District to modernize some of the nation’s most rundown classrooms.