Marta Jewson

Armed by scientific studies, reading experts urged a resurgence of phonics, which helps children learn to read by sounding-out words, in a way well-known to older generations. But the state's third graders are still struggling from their Zoom-heavy start to reading.

It’s unclear how the school’s order affected the student, who did return, but sporadically. But the school district sent Fannie C. Williams administrators a serious ‘notice of noncompliance’ in the case, which is still under investigation.

A state law passed last year required cities to share a portion of school-zone camera tickets with the schools themselves. But the City of New Orleans and local schools have not yet agreed on how to split the money.

This year, LEAP scores came back from the state of Louisiana in record time. Do parents understand the scores? Do kids? Now, the state begins to crunch school statistics to create School Performance Scores, which could lead to charter-school closures later this fall.

The ups and downs within the John McDonogh High School building illustrate the persistent inequities of New Orleans public schools [...]Read More... from The long arc of John McDonogh Senior High School

Bernard Smith and Katy Reckdahl on the men trapped in the Orleans Parish Prison and Broad Street Bridge in the wake of the levee breaches after Hurricane Katrina that flooded New Orleans. [...]Read More... from Episode 282: Orleans Parish Prison after the storm ‘We’re still in here’

If parents notice their child struggling academically or facing more discipline in school, it may be time for a special education evaluation. Roughly 15% of students in Louisiana have special education plans. [...]Read More... from Back to school: How and when to ask for a special education evaluation

The NOLA Public Schools district earned its first B letter grade since the schools returned to the district’s control in 2018, after being seized from the Orleans Parish School Board in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and run for years by the state.  The Louisiana Department of Education released its 2025 school ratings, in the [...]Read More... from Compare 2025 school performance scores for New Orleans charters

With OPSB slated to decide the fate of Leah Chase School tonight, school parents, along with the Chase family itself, are asking the board to believe in the school [...]Read More... from ‘A leap of faith’: parents plead to save Leah Chase School

Louisiana school districts are deciding how to implement a state law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms after a federal appeals court vacated an injunction blocking the measure.