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

by Jess Clark April 29, 2019October 21, 2020

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 […]

School founder Vera Triplett holds a potential future student while chatting with current students Joelia Simmons and Langston Kali.
Posted inNew Orleans, News, Solutions, The South

These schools are opening their arms to special education students. Can they afford it?

Avatar photo by Sharon Lurye August 30, 2018October 21, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School

A new movement to treat troubled children as ‘sad, not bad’

Avatar photo by Katy Reckdahl January 25, 2017June 7, 2021
Posted inCommon Core, Elementary to High School, New Orleans, News, The South

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

Avatar photo by Sarah Carr September 15, 2014October 21, 2020
Posted inCommon Core, Elementary to High School, New Orleans, News, Student Voices, Student Voices: New Orleans perspectives, The South

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

by Mallory Falk June 11, 2014October 21, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School, News, Student Voices, Student Voices: New Orleans perspectives

In their own words

Avatar photo by Sarah Carr May 22, 2014March 30, 2020
At the Kids of Excellence child care center in New Orleans the children learn largely through play. (Photo: Sarah Carr)
Posted inNew Orleans, News, The South

Accountability comes to the nursery

Avatar photo by Sarah Carr May 16, 2014October 21, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School, New Orleans, News, The South

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

Avatar photo by Sarah Carr February 27, 2014October 21, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School, New Orleans, News, The South

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

Avatar photo by Sarah Carr January 9, 2014October 21, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School, New Orleans, News, The South

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

Avatar photo by Sarah Carr November 5, 2013September 15, 2021
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