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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A bipartisan bill that would make it easier for parents in Louisiana to win special education disputes has the full backing of the House education committee. -
A federal judge has ended more than a decade of special education monitoring in New Orleans, meant to address issues stemming from the city’s charter system.
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Almost a dozen New Orleans charter schools are working together, led by the district, for the first time to better support students with special needs. -
Most of the changes are to arts and education degrees, according to a press release. The university says less than 2% of students will be affected, and faculty members will be moved to other programs. -
Under the proposal, public schools would receive $147 per student — almost a 50% bump — to put toward specific expenses. -
Tulane’s Jeanette Weiland is UNO’s new interim chief administrative officer, and the university will lease a building to neighboring Benjamin Franklin High School. -
An analysis from New Schools for New Orleans says officials should close at least 7 schools in the next few years to address declining enrollment. -
Students presented projects at the 70th Greater New Orleans Science and Engineering Fair last week. Here, we highlight a few. -
The board's decision places charter staff statewide beyond its authority, leaving teachers without an outside body to turn to when dealing with school leadership. -
Attorney General Liz Murrill’s office said the AG expects school systems to follow the law. Critics say they’ll continue to fight it.
