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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 […]

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Recap: Policy Breakfast 2018

Posted May 21, 2018 AdminPosted in News

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 […]

Parents’ Night Out: Making Special Education Work for You

Posted October 25, 2017September 24, 2018 AdminPosted in News

As part of our Parents’ Night Out series, we’re proud to present this guide to making special education work 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 future, […]

Parents’ Night Out: OneApp Strategies, Tips & Tools

Posted October 23, 2017September 24, 2018 AdminPosted in News

As part of our Parents’ Night Out series, we’re proud to present this guide to the OneApp public school enrollment system 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 […]

Nahliah talks school equity on NPR: “So what we’re seeing is a segregation of sorts.”

Posted September 20, 2017 AdminPosted in News, Press

Our Executive Director Nahliah Webber appeared on WWNO last week to talk about the Equity Index release, school governance, and the importance of data in student supports. Listen to the full interview here or check out the transcript: When parents in New Orleans are deciding where to send their child to school, many of them […]

May 19th OPEN Policy Breakfast — Panel Lineup Now Announced!

Posted May 9, 2017 AdminPosted in News

Join OPEN for a morning of data and discussion on the education policies shaping Louisiana’s future, with commentary from: KEYNOTE SPEAKER The Honorable LaToya Cantrell New Orleans City Council, District B; 2017 Mayoral Candidate PANEL I: Ready for School, Ready for Life — Louisiana Early Childhood Supports Moderator: Melanie Bronfin, Executive Director, Louisiana Policy Institute for […]

It’s Getting Hard to Stay Civil… HR 610 and the threat to schools

Posted February 27, 2017 Admin1 CommentPosted in News, Press

Well, it seems like the new administration is wasting no time in the quest to dismantle public education. Are you ready to step up and defend it? House Bill 610 (HR 610) or the Choices in Education Act of 2017, in its own words: This bill repeals the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 […]

McDonogh #42 — New Charter Operator Applications due January 4

Posted December 21, 2016 AdminPosted in News

RSD to convene parent and community review panel as part of charter school operator selection processThe Recovery School District (RSD) has released the 2017-18 Request for Applications (RFA) process for charter school organizations interested in operating McDonogh #42 Elementary Charter School in New Orleans.On December 6th, the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) […]

New data on school closure and charter takeovers from ERA NOLA

Posted October 10, 2016 AdminPosted in News

Analyzing the impact of closures and takeovers on student outcomes in both New Orleans and Baton Rouge from 2008-2012Extreme Measures: When and How School Closures and Charter Takeovers Benefit Students Panel & Report Release Monday, October 17, 2016 | 5:30pm — 7:30pm CSTOn October 17, the Education Research Alliance for New Orleans will publicly release a […]

Louisiana EPFP 2016 Policy Briefs

Posted September 28, 2016 AdminPosted in News

The inaugural Louisiana Education Policy Fellowship Program (EPFP) cohort completed their journey with the presentation of comprehensive policy initiatives looking to the future of the state’s school system. The EPFP journey took the Fellows through ten months of intensive policy, leadership, and networking development. Monthly topic colloquiums, the Washington, D.C. policy seminar, and insight from […]

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