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.

New Orleans school district wants a developer to take over the Valena C. Jones Elementary building. A legal analysis by the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority found that an act of donation for the property in 1928 requires part of it to be used for education.

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.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted 12-6 to lift a block that a lower court first placed on the law in 2024.

Advocates for the law have long argued the point isn’t to hold kids back, but make sure they get the support they need to be ready for fourth grade.

The agreement is part of the transition plan to usher UNO back into the LSU System, which will reverse action legislators took 14 years ago to move the New Orleans campus into the University of Louisiana System.