School Choice & Charters Series

New Orleans Schools

Recovery & Reform
Former New Orleans Police Chief Eddie Compass is head of security for the Recovery School District.
Former New Orleans Police Chief Eddie Compass is head of security for the Recovery School District.
File photo by Bill Haber/AP
School Climate & Safety Q & A With New Orleans’ Security Chief
Eddie Compass, now director for security and safety for the Recovery School District, spoke about his approach to school security.
Lesli A. Maxwell, October 16, 2007
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7 min read
School Choice & Charters Grassroots New Orleans Charter Gives Students ‘Critical Care’
Overseen by a group of veteran educators, McDonogh 42 school is the first of three elementary schools that the group intends to open.
Lesli A. Maxwell, October 2, 2007
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5 min read
A stopped clock, hanging upside down at Alfred Lawless Senior High School, symbolizes the damage Hurricane Katrina caused to more than 100 schools.
A stopped clock, hanging upside down at Alfred Lawless Senior High School, symbolizes the damage Hurricane Katrina caused to more than 100 schools.
Sevans/Education Week
School Climate & Safety Up From the Ruins
State and district leaders are tackling dilemmas school by school as they struggle to rebuild and repair campus buildings in New Orleans.
Lesli A. Maxwell, September 27, 2007
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11 min read
Drummers from the St. Augustine High School Marching 100, known locally as "Saint Aug", play as students from the Xavier University Preparatory School all-girls band watch following their own performance outside Tipitina's music club in New Orleans.
Drummers from the St. Augustine High School Marching 100, known locally as "Saint Aug", play as students from the Xavier University Preparatory School all-girls band watch following their own performance outside Tipitina's music club in New Orleans.
Sevans/Education Week
Teaching New Orleans School Bands Strutting Once More
Private donors and outside organizations are helping to provide new instruments after Katrina left band rooms in ruins.
Lesli A. Maxwell, September 10, 2007
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2 min read
Monite Bell, right, waits her turn to see Monique Preaux, left, the Recovery School District deputy chief of staff, who was helping parents who requested different school placements for their children.
Monite Bell, right, waits her turn to see Monique Preaux, left, the Recovery School District deputy chief of staff, who was helping parents who requested different school placements for their children.
Sevans/Education Week
School Climate & Safety Smooth Opening Is Job One in New Orleans
Today is the first day of school for more than 13,000 children enrolled in the Recovery School District.
Lesli A. Maxwell, September 4, 2007
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4 min read
School & District Management New Orleans Education Resources
A collection of education-related organizations and reports on the recovery and reform of the New Orleans school district.
August 21, 2007
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1 min read
BRIC ARCHIVE
School & District Management Q&A Q & A With Paul G. Vallas
The new superintendent of the state-run Recovery School District in New Orleans spoke to Education Week before the start of the school year.
Lesli A. Maxwell, August 14, 2007
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8 min read
School & District Management City Yearns for Rebirth Among Ruin
New Orleans, as it did last school year, is scrambling to repair enough buildings by Sept. 4, opening day in the Recovery School District.
Lesli A. Maxwell, August 14, 2007
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8 min read
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