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New Orleans schools could face a $36 million funding gap due to a district accounting error, nearly twice the amount initially estimated, the Orleans Parish School Board told school leaders Friday ..read more
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Louisiana asked a federal appeals court Monday to keep in place an order blocking a new Biden administration rule meant to protect LGBTQ+ students from discrimination ..read more
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National pro-charter school groups have poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into the Orleans Parish School Board election, far outpacing fundraising efforts from candidates who support a shift back to district-run schools, according to campaign filings ..read more
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In rural northeast Louisiana, the leaders of a small school district took a drastic step this week in response to an eruption of neighborhood violence: They temporarily banned middle and high school students from bringing backpacks to school ..read more
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A slightly larger share of Louisiana students graduated high school in 2023 than the year before, bringing the state's overall graduation rate to 83.2%, state data shows ..read more
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School for Sci Tech, an F-rated K-12 charter school in the Lower 9th Ward, is at risk of closure after it did not meet the school district’s standards for an automatic renewal of its ..read more
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Louisiana families who rely on state grants to send their children to private schools could be left in the lurch if the Legislature doesn't quickly approve funding for a new school-choice program, top education officials warned Tuesday ..read more
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Next year's New Orleans Entrepreneur Week will be hosted by Loyola University on its Uptown campus, putting the annual celebration of local startups and innovation next door to the fast-growing New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University that's scheduled for ..read more
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Two New Orleans students who solved the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry have had their discovery confirmed by the math community after their findings were published in the American Mathematical Monthly this week, solidifying their proofs ..read more
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Danita Bright always believed that her daughter, Shalom Alexander, who loved collecting screws as a child and tinkering with gadgets to figure out how they worked, was destined to become a brilliant engineer ..read more