Aubri Juhasz

Education Reporter

Aubri Juhasz is the education reporter for New Orleans Public Radio. Before coming to New Orleans, she was a producer for National Public Radio’s All Things Considered. She helped lead the show's technology and book coverage and reported her own feature stories, including the surge in cycling deaths in New York City and the decision by some states to offer competitive video gaming to high school students as an extracurricular activity.

She grew up on Long Island and holds a bachelor's degree in English and political science from Barnard College, Columbia University.

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NOLA-PS Will Share COVID-19 Cases Weekly, Reports One Case At Landry-Walker High School

By Aubri Juhasz • Sep 24, 2020

New Orleans public schools will report COVID-19 cases among students and staff at the school level and share the information with the public on a weekly basis, the district announced Thursday.

Without Internet, Distance Learning Will Be ‘Optional’ Or Impossible In Calcasieu Parish

By Aubri Juhasz • Sep 24, 2020

School administrators were optimistic that a quick pivot to online learning could rescue the start of the school year in Southwest Louisiana, where Hurricane Laura hit late last month. Now, the region’s largest district has announced that virtual learning will be optional, citing a lack of internet access.

New Orleans Resumes High School Sports, Says ‘Benefits Outweigh Risks’

By Aubri Juhasz • Sep 21, 2020

High school football teams in New Orleans can start holding full-contact practices and begin gearing up for October’s first weekend of games as long as they adhere to the city’s health and safety standards, New Orleans Health Department Director Dr. Jennifer Avegno announced Monday.

New Orleans Public Schools Begin Slow Return To In-Person Classes

By Aubri Juhasz • Sep 18, 2020

Balloons and brass bands greeted mask-clad elementary students at a dozen New Orleans public schools this week as they returned to the classroom for the first time since March.

'This Is What Makes Me Happy': Young DJs Amplify Black Joy

By Aubri Juhasz • Sep 16, 2020

It’s less than 30 seconds long but packs an unbridled shot of optimism. First, there’s a trilling flute and then a fourth-grade student lays down the tracks.