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What’s Fueling the Momentum
Since 2022, New Orleans K–8 schools have led the state in academic growth and ranked #5 out of 1,000 districts nationally for growth. Our high schools have also seen remarkable gains over the past twenty years. Now nearing the state average for students achieving Mastery in English and Math, New Orleans high schools have risen…
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Stanford Data: New Orleans K8 Schools Lead the State
Stanford’s Educational Opportunity Trends Project has released updated Education Scorecard data covering grades 3-8 from 2022-2025. GROWTH New Orleans’ 3-8 grade performance ranked #1 among all Louisiana school districts in academic gains in reading and math since 2022. We are leading in Louisiana, and last spring Louisiana was ranked #2 among states in reading growth and #3 in math…
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Unprecedented Change in One Generation
New Orleans Public High Schools: 2005 to 2026 No long post this time around. The transformation of New Orleans public high schools since 2005 is best seen, not summarized. Seven slides. Twenty years. See for yourself.
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2026 LEAP Scores
4-Peat! New Orleans Outgrows the State Again The Louisiana Department of Education has released the 2026 LEAP results, and for the fourth year running, New Orleans grew its share of students at Mastery or Above faster than the state. This year’s 3-point gain is the 4th-highest among Louisiana’s 70 school systems. Performance Gap in K-12 %…
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Teacher Pay is Falling Behind: Here’s What’s Really Happening
In 2009, the State stopped increasing the Minimum Foundation Program (MFP) to account for inflation. Since that time, the value of State support for Louisiana’s students and teachers has steadily eroded. While funding has nominally increased, in 2026 dollars, the Base Per Pupil has decreased by $1,806 – losing close to one-third of its value.…
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City of New Orleans Seeks to Impose Sales Tax Collection Fee on Public Schools
Fair or Excessive? In February, the City proposed that schools pay a whopping 7.5%, or $11.5 million sales tax collection fee. The School Board rejected that proposal because it was unfair, unreasonable, and a threat to the sustainability of our public schools. Sales taxes are part of the school financing formula and, by law, schools…
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The Number One Issue Facing Schools in New Orleans is a Shrinking Student Population.
New Orleans births declined by 25% between 2014 and 2024 and this has translated into a direct loss of students in our classrooms. Between 2019 and 2025, the number of K-8 students enrolled in Orleans Parish public schools dropped from 34,007 to 29,793—a reduction of more than 4,200 children.1 This isn’t just a local trend;…
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The Rise of Career-Connected Learning
The Success Story You Haven’t Heard Enough About There is a quiet revolution happening in New Orleans public schools, and it is changing the trajectory of our students’ lives. It’s called Career-Connected Learning. At its core, Career-Connected Learning links education with real-world career experiences. For those of us in earlier generations, “VoTech” or “Shop” may…
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2025 School and District Performance Scores
The state has released the 2025 School Performance Scores. It was a good year! District Performance New Orleans Earns a B for the first time EVER!!! Congratulations to everyone for a milestone accomplishment The District Performance Score (DPS) is the most comprehensive measurement of student performance. It rolls up the data on all students, all…
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The Leah Chase School: Time to Course-Correct
In February 2024, the Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB) directed the superintendent to open a District-operated elementary school, The Leah Chase School, starting with grades K-5. Now in its second year, the school serves around 340 students in grades K-6. Prior to this Board action, all schools in the District (NOLA-PS) were charter schools. So…how’s…
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