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Courtesy Gabriela BiroGabriela Biro surprised many poll watchers by handily winning a runoff election for the Orleans Parish School Board’s 2nd District over a well-endorsed opponent — Eric “Doc” Jones, who has worked in local education for decades. -
Aubri Juhasz/WWNOAn all-boys high school in Gentilly will shutter at the end of the month, forcing about 100 students to change schools mid-year.
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The New Orleans Career Center has one main goal: to connect local industries with highly trained young people to fill their open jobs. -
Employees allege a hostile work environment impedes investigations. -
Jones has touted his experience in education. But a review by Verite News identified serious discrepancies in his resume. -
Overall, schools received 80 out of 150 points for the 2024 school year, a nearly two point gain. The score translates to a B letter grade. -
Louisiana’s plan to make all public school classrooms in the state post the Ten Commandments next year remains on hold under a federal appeals court ruling in New Orleans. -
The cash boost ensures schools will be “close to whole, if not whole, this school year,” despite the district’s budget error. -
A federal appeals court has temporarily limited the scope of a ruling that Louisiana’s law requiring public schools to post the Ten Commandments in classrooms next year is unconstitutional. -
Avis Williams has been superintendent of the city’s nearly all-charter school system for just over two years. The district did not give a reason for her abrupt departure. -
A new Louisiana law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public classroom by Jan. 1 has been temporarily blocked after a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction on Tuesday. -
Schools could face a $36 million funding shortfall, nearly twice an earlier estimate, Orleans Parish School Board members told charter leaders on Friday.
