Andre Perry

Remember when football was king. Governments and their fanatical residents used to invest so much time and money just for a chance to say, “See, I won a…

Mardi Gras season is upon us, which means there are more days that our children are not in school. Between Mardi Gras, Christmas, summer, fall and spring…

New Orleans has a literacy problem. More than a quarter of the working-age population in the New Orleans metro are low-skilled and likely low-literate.…

Gun control, gun control, gun control. In spite of this holiday season, I’ve heard the phrase “gun control” more than “peace on earth.” As an educator in…

In the wake of the Newtown massacre, where are the school groups lobbying for new gun control laws? At best, the American Federation of Teachers and the…

Do you believe in Black Santa? Sadly, people are probably more religious about what type of Santa they have in their homes than about going to church on…

State Superintendent John White tweeted, “Amidst talk of legal questions I return to [a] moral question: do parents and children deserve options, no…

Edit | Remove Among all the public four-year colleges in Louisiana, not one has a four-year graduation rate over 30 percent. For the parents who pay…

Dr. Perry shares why an agenda on job creation in education should lead Obama’s second term.People of color and, in particular, poor people of color, have…

I’m repeatedly asked, “Which Presidential candidate offers the best set of educational policies?” After Katrina and now in the context of Hurricane Sandy…