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OPENing Letter 2019 Part II: How We’ve Shown Up

Posted January 29, 2019February 6, 2019 AdminLeave a commentPosted in Feature, News

It’s not about the failings of public education, it’s about how we fail to show up for Black and brown children. Read Part I here. Part II: How We’ve Shown Up A host of responses have been offered to address this issue — some of them claiming (wrongly) that the entire public education system is […]

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OPENing Letter 2019 Part I: What’s Failing?

Posted January 17, 2019February 6, 2019 AdminLeave a commentPosted in Feature, News

It’s not about the failings of public education, it’s about how we fail to show up for Black and brown children. Part I: What’s Failing? Public education is the first, largest, and most influential public system most American citizens will encounter in their life. This school year, 91% of America’s school-age children are enrolled in […]

Let’s Not Bad-Apple Our Way Out Of Systemic Issues

Posted November 13, 2018November 13, 2018 AdminLeave a commentPosted in Feature, News

Never a dull moment in New Orleans public schools. For a system with approximately only 40,000 kids, it surely knows how to pack in the drama with what feels like weekly episodes of new, tragic and increasingly complex shenanigans. The latest story arc has been focused on the trials and tribulations of Edgar P. Harney […]

One Foot Out The Door: The Closing of Crescent Leadership, Public Trust, and School Accountability

Posted October 17, 2018October 17, 2018 AdminLeave a commentPosted in Feature, News

New Orleans charter Crescent Leadership Academy — the city’s only alternative setting for middle school students — has announced it will shut down October 31st, in the middle of the school year, for financial reasons. Though OPEN has concerns about how this could happen, we are especially concerned about what it says about equity in […]

13% ROI for Birth-to-Five Programs (The Heckman Equation)

Posted September 11, 2018September 11, 2018 AdminLeave a commentPosted in Resource

The newest research from Professor Heckman and colleagues finds 13% ROI for comprehensive, high-quality, birth-to-five early education. This research analyzes a wide variety of life outcomes, such as health, crime, income, IQ, schooling, and the increase in a mother’s income after returning to work due to childcare. ABC/CARE collected data on the participants throughout childhood […]

The New Orleans Equity Index

Posted September 1, 2018September 10, 2018 AdminLeave a commentPosted in Resource

The Equity Index project seeks to provide transparency and accountability to help inform decision-making about education in New Orleans. We envision a city where every school values and promotes equity in policy and practice and all children receive an education that affirms their fundamental dignity and helps them thrive.

2018 KIDS COUNT Data Book (Annie E. Casey Foundation)

Posted June 27, 2018September 11, 2018 AdminLeave a commentPosted in Resource

The Casey Foundation’s 2018 KIDS COUNT® Data Book warns that the 2020 census is mired in challenges that could shortchange the official census count by at least 1 million kids younger than age 5. This discrepancy would put hundreds of millions of federal dollars at risk and, in doing so, underfund programs that are critical […]

Louisiana Education Legislation 2018 Recap

Posted June 11, 2018September 20, 2018 AdminLeave a commentPosted in News

Welcome to OPEN’s 2018 Education Legislative Recap! This is a broad overview of this year’s education policy developments, highlighting the most important outcomes by topic area. Want more details? Check out the full list on the OPEN blog. A JUST START Children as young as five years old walking into kindergarten already behind is not […]

Documentary: Educating Black Boys, Tony Harris (FreeDocumentaries.org)

Posted June 7, 2018June 14, 2018 AdminLeave a commentPosted in Resource

Tony Harris takes a personal look at Baltimore’s inner city and an education system that has failed black Americans.

Keeping Family-School-Community Connections Helps Support Secondary Students’ Success (National Education Association)