Aubri Juhasz
Editor, Education ReporterAubri Juhasz covers education, focusing on New Orleans' charter schools, school 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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Some Head Start providers in Louisiana have taken out loans to keep operating if the government shutdown stretches into its second month. -
The Trump administration withheld funds for after-school programs over the summer as part of its crackdown on education grants, but later released the money. -
Members of Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s administration said this week that the city may not be able to make payroll through November due to delays in federal funding, unless it brings in more cash quickly. -
State efforts to reduce testing have received broad support, though some educators warn the latest changes could make it harder for English learners to graduate. -
Gov. Jeff Landry asked for National Guard deployments to New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Shreveport, saying Monday that his state needs help fighting crime and praising President Donald Trump's decision to send troops to Washington and Memphis. -
The report ranked Louisiana among the least affordable states for higher education: 38th out of 50. -
New data shows the rate fell last school year by 2 percentage points, but LDOE officials say there is still work to be done. -
Roughly 5,300 full-time students are enrolled at the Gentilly campus — about 500 fewer than last year. -
When New Orleans schools reopened after Katrina, most of the city's educators didn't get their jobs back. Instead, they were often replaced with young people who were new to town — and new to teaching. -
The city's school system looks almost nothing like it did 20 years ago. People in New Orleans have strong opinions about whether that's good or bad, but the data is hard to argue with.
