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 […]
Notes, insights and live updates from Orleans Public Education Network’s 2018 Annual Policy Breakfast. Includes Q&A responses from representatives of Orleans Parish School Board, Louisiana Department of Education, Southern Poverty Law Center and more! Psst - missed the breakfast, or want to refresh your memory? Check out the materials and speaker presentations at opennola.org/breakfastdocs! Good […]
Thank you for joining OPEN’s 2018 Policy Breakfast! Click the links below for resources, materials and more: BREAKFAST MATERIALS • Program Agenda & Speakers • About the Education Policy Fellowship Program • Nominate an EPFP Fellow • Breakfast Evaluation • New Orleans Equity Index Report: Executive Summary/Two-Pager • New Orleans Equity Index Report EPFP 2017-18 Presentations • Ashley Daniels-Hall and Robyn Madison-Harris, […]
In the policy arena, process is as important as product. The conversations, debates, and deliberative process are all indicative of the opinions, values and systems embedded in the policies that we create for ourselves and others. This was the most evident last Thursday, March 22 at the Senate Education Committee hearing of Senate Bill 292 […]
The newest policy and legislative developments in Louisiana education, summarized and annotated by Orleans Public Education Network. This is a still-developing list and will be continually updated throughout the session. This is not a full list of all movements up before the legislature; to access that list, please click here. Highlighted in red are bills […]
As part of Parents’ Night Out 2017, we spoke with a wide range of experts, advocates and parents (some of whom are all three at once!) about navigating the New Orleans school system. Special education can be one of the most challenging areas for families to effectively navigate. Between the alphabet soup of jargon (IEP, […]
As part of our Parents’ Night Out series, we’re proud to present this guide to the New Orleans & Louisiana early childhood systems for parents, educators and advocates. This is just the beginning of a conversation around access and equity. As with any brief, there are issues that we haven’t touched on here that we […]
As part of our Parents’ Night Out series, we’re proud to present this guide to family advocacy, engagement and representation for parents, educators and advocates. This is just the beginning of a conversation around access and equity. As with any brief, there are issues that we haven’t touched on here that we will in the […]
