John Bel Edwards hugs his wife after taking the oath of office as Louisiana governor on the steps of the Louisiana Capitol in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, Jan. 11, 2016. Edwards is Louisiana’s 56th governor. Photo: AP Photo/Max Becherer, Pool The special session of the Louisiana legislature coincided with the start of crawfish season — […]
Andre Perry
Andre Perry is the founding dean of urban education at Davenport University in Grand Rapids, Mich. and the author of The Garden Path: The Miseducation of a City (2011).
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Why Should New Orleans Charter Schools Return to the Orleans Parish School District?
Putting schools back together instead of taking them apart
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Louisiana Students Can Vouch For This: They Don’t Need More Choices, Just Better Ones
St. Rita’s Catholic School in New Orleans, Monday, Aug. 24, 2015. Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report When it comes to schools, private doesn’t necessarily mean better. That’s the finding from a recent evaluation of the Louisiana Scholarship Program for families who send their children to private schools – the voucher program. In its […]
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Louisiana’s Middle Class Finally Gets a Glimpse of What NOLA Parents and Students Go Through
Why higher education is not a luxury
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Two NOLA Scandals Show Why the Public Must Hold Public Schools Accountable
Beloved city principal goes on leave as an investigation continues
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Culture of Blaming Black Folk Keeps Us From Aiming at Real Sources of Violence
Root causes are ignored amid devalued black and brown worth
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Lack of Quality Schools Will Doom Common Enrollment in Louisiana
The ratings that preserve the status quo
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How One Young Woman Got Her Education Back on Track in an Unusual NOLA Kitchen
Helping troubled youth become self sufficient for their own benefit and the city’s too
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Louisiana’s New Governor Shouldn’t Seek to Fire the Schools’ Chief – Yet
Planning for the long haul
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Why Black and Brown Students Must Have Quality Journalism — Just Like Everyone Else
What is the free press to the black man?
