Getting a GED while still enrolled in high school
High schools in New Orleans try a new way to keep at-risk kids from dropping out
Held back, but not helped
Louisiana reverses course on its strict policy to hold back students who fail standardized tests. Instead, it will add supports to help them pass.
Charter schools aren’t measuring up to their promises
Ambitious goals were not uncommon in New Orleans charter schools, but rarely achieved
A new movement to treat troubled children as ‘sad, not bad’
Some New Orleans charters ditch the ‘No Excuses’ model in favor of trauma-informed teaching
Twitter and Instagram are letting kids pick (and plan) schoolyard fights even when they aren’t in class
Resentment over online insults ignites brawls in and near schools
Can a nonprofit turn around a school in a juvenile detention facility?
As CEEAS takes over the school in the New Orleans juvenile detention center, its teachers hope to engage students lagging in classroom basics. Photo: courtesy of Center…
Leading by example: Black male teachers make students ‘feel proud’
Small but growing number of teacher-training programs say black men uniquely suited to help young black students excel
Forget shop class: New Orleans is trying to train black youth for a constantly shifting job market
Programs move outside of classroom to give on-the-job training
The lost children of Katrina
A decade after the hurricane, New Orleans grapples with the effects of missed schooling, mass displacement
Who is the biggest victim of America’s prison boom?
NEW ORLEANS – Steven Alexander was in sixth grade when his mother, Carmen Demourelle, was sentenced to twelve years in prison for pickpocketing in New Orleans’s French Quarter. Though she…