Recovery School District

New Orleans is on the verge of becoming the first city in the nation with no traditional public schools. Next school year, all New Orleans public schools…

A new study from Tulane University’s Education Research Alliance looks into how charter school reforms impacted New Orleans' expulsion and suspension…

Parents at New Orleans charter school Lafayette Academy have lots of questions after an investigation by WWNO revealed issues with asbestos removal at the…

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story has been updated to include a statement from the Orleans Parish School Board that they were not aware of the March 2017 report…

Public schools in Orleans parish have been steadily improving in the years since Hurricane Katrina, but lost ground this year — according to school…

The big push for charter schools in Louisiana started after Hurricane Katrina. The state's Recovery School District took over most of the public schools…

Today, for the first time, a charter school board voted to transfer from the Recovery School District back to the Orleans Parish School Board.When the…

This weekend New Orleans voters decide whether to extend and redirect a property tax to fund school maintenance. The measure seems simple: set aside money…

The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education will be reviewing the shrinking budget for New Orleans schools.The board is meeting Tuesday to start…

Last year, the Recovery School District closed four elementary schools in New Orleans because of poor performance, affecting about one thousand students,…