Aubri Juhasz
Editor, Education ReporterAubri Juhasz covers K-12 education, focusing on charter schools, education funding and other statewide issues. She also helps edit the station’s news coverage.
Previously, she was an education reporter for WHYY Public Radio in Philadelphia and hosted the station’s award-winning podcast Schooled. Before that, she covered education in New Orleans for WWNO.
A graduate of Barnard College, Juhasz got her start as a producer for NPR’s flagship news program, All Things Considered. She is from New York and lives in the Marigny. You can reach her at aubri@wwno.org.
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Louisiana is one of just nine states that still require students to pass exit exams in order to graduate. Plus, the challenges LGBTQ+ candidates face when running for state office.
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Gov. Jeff Landry opened Louisiana’s regular legislative session Monday with a to-do list for lawmakers. Among the items: Make it easier for parents to send their kids to private schools and fix the state’s insurance market.
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Graduating high schoolers will no longer have to apply for college financial aid, starting next year. The move comes at the request of Louisiana’s top education official.
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It’s the first time the district has moved to open a direct-run school after two decades of transitioning to an all-charter system.
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Tell us what it’s like to live on a teacher’s wage in Louisiana and we might reach out for an interview. The deadline is March 8.
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We take a look at the state’s community college transfer rates to 4-year institutions and how to improve them. And we learn about a new study on wetland loss projections.
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Louisiana is the only state where students have to pass exams to graduate high school. If they fail, there’s no way to appeal. The kids most likely to miss out are recent immigrants.
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Mardi Gras is king cake season and one New Orleans woman has found a fun way to find the best ones and rank them.
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Can't get enough king cake? This New Orleans artist's Monopoly-inspired game is made for you.
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Five authors, librarians and book shop owners suggest turning to literature to help teach kids about Black history, culture and themes for this Black History Month.