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NEW ORLEANS — The McDonogh 35 “Roneagles” were killing their opponents on the softball field. Junior Tye Mansion had just stolen a base, and her teammates in the dugout were going wild, chanting and taunting the other team. Tye’s mom Tyra Mansion was cheering her on behind home plate. This story also appeared in WWNO […]

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Charter schools nearly destroyed this New Orleans school. Now it will become one.

Common Core math standards add up to big money for education companies

Can kids tell whether they’re being taught the Common Core?

In their own words

Accountability comes to the nursery

Out of the mouths of babes and trumpeters: Documentary triumphs in its child-centered perspective

After countless setbacks, New Orleans teens make final effort to earn their high school diplomas

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