Education

New Orleans Public Schools will not require fully vaccinated students and staff to wear masks this coming school year, the district announced Tuesday.

An elementary school in New Orleans’ Central City neighborhood could lose its charter due to alleged mismanagement, district officials said Wednesday.

In its final report of the 2020-21 school year, New Orleans Public Schools reported three new cases of COVID-19 Monday afternoon. The district reported 774 cases over the course of the entire school year.

Red River Parish Public Schools is the first district in Louisiana to throw out the traditional school calendar. The goal for school leaders is to provide more instruction and support throughout the year, but some parents say students are burnt out.

The district will soon be searching for a new superintendent.

Sixty teachers cast ballots and 70 percent were in favor of forming a union.

Those in favor of the union insist collective bargaining is key to ensuring Bricolage’s future. The other side argues the exact opposite.

Edwards announced Tuesday that he is extending his statewide public health emergency but lifting nearly all of his remaining coronavirus restrictions, including a statewide mask mandate in Louisiana classrooms.

New Orleans public schools will not be required to offer families a virtual learning option for the coming school year, Superintendent Henderson Lewis Jr. said at a regularly scheduled meeting of the Orleans Parish School Board Thursday.

As educators rack their brains for ways to make up for unfinished learning, many have embraced a simple answer — add more class time.