New Orleans by the Numbers: Public School Enrollment

Posted on January 28, 2015May 15, 2016 by Leslie Jacobs

Educate Now! looks at the public school student enrollment over the past ten years – from October 1, 2004 (the last data before Katrina) to this school year.

The Highlights

Schools are serving a more ethnically diverse student population.

Enrollment Citywide

A higher percentage of students are economically disadvantaged*.

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OPSB Selects Superintendent

Posted on January 21, 2015May 15, 2016 by Leslie Jacobs

ICYMI … Your mini news clippings

The Orleans Parish School Board has selected a new superintendent, Henderson Lewis, Jr. Want to know more about him? Read his 180 day plan. The school board also elected Seth Bloom as President and Cynthia Cade as Vice President.

In this letter to the editor, the Southern Poverty Law Center, Juvenile Court Chief Judge Gray and others applaud the One-App’s centralized enrollment process and congratulate the RSD for its efforts to hold schools accountable for serving all students.

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In case you missed it …

Posted on January 12, 2015May 15, 2016 by Leslie Jacobs

ICYMI … Your mini news clippings

For an insightful view of the charter school debate, read this Forbes commentary. The author, an economist, cites strong evidence from numerous studies that charters are better at educating poor students and black students than regular public schools. They are not as good for non-urban schools and white students. His main point: if any other public policy showed these types of results, it would be embraced much more readily.

The Wall Street Journal had cover story profiling a 25-year-old welder in Texas making $140,000 a year. And … both his parents have doctoral degrees. New Orleans needs more Career-Technical Education (CTE), for these opportunities are in our metro area as well.

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