Tax exemptions in Louisiana prove to be more harmful than helpful
"Since its creation in 1974, the ITEP program has sought to cut property taxes for industrial companies to encourage more companies to set up shop in Louisiana. In theory, the saved tax money from...
View ArticleHow do you get to school: Voices from The Listening Post
The Listening Post New Orleans uses cell phones, public signs, and roving recording devices to capture and share voices, information, and opinions from around New Orleans. The goal is to create and...
View ArticleBook Fest Week: Where are the books for black kids?
As New Orleans gets ready for the New Orleans Book Festival and NolaVie kicks off "Book Fest Week," Renee Peck talks with Henrietta Harris about the presence of African-American authors and characters...
View ArticleHow do you get to school: Voices from The Listening Post
The Listening Post New Orleans uses cell phones, public signs, and roving recording devices to capture and share voices, information, and opinions from around New Orleans. The goal is to create and...
View ArticleYou know its summer when: Schools reflect in “A Cautionary Shout-Out to...
School may be out (for some), but it doesn't mean schools stop working. Author and educator, Folwell Dunbar, talks about the best and not-so-best practices that happen behind the sacred walls of schools.
View ArticleBack to school week: If only teachers were treated as well as babysitters
The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed the way kids go to school as well as how teachers teach. In this article, writer Jessie Gonon examines virtual schooling and the implementation of learning...
View Article20 years of environmental advocacy at A Studio in the Woods
A Studio in the Woods is an artist residency program celebrating its 20th anniversary this year in 2021. The program is aimed at addressing global challenges through artistic innovation. Tulane student...
View ArticleSolution journalism: Schools can do better for students with disabilities
In 2007 Bush Administration gave $24 million to charter schools which caused New Orleans parents to think charters are using this money in a profiting way. Given that, a third party advocacy program...
View ArticleSolution journalism: Because college is not for everyone
Public schools in New Orleans do not focus on individual students; rather, they focus on “teaching to the test” and overhauling the curriculum with ACT test prep and statewide standardized testing....
View ArticleLife Quest(ions): Finding home within motion, the mobile lives of military...
Children often move through the earlier years in their lives attempting to find connection with friends and those outside their families, but what happens when a family needs to consistently move for...
View ArticleLife Quest(ions) 2021: First-generation college students in the United...
How are First-Generation college students disadvantaged before even stepping foot on campus? Kendall Youngblood researches this and explains the stark differences in education and opportunities first...
View ArticleSolution journalism: Economic discrimination in two of New Orleans top public...
It's officially March, so we are marching into solutions. Yes, we're aware of how lame that pun is! We also think it's lame that a lot of journalism likes to describe everything that's wrong with the...
View ArticleThe Truth about the Big Easy: Tax exemptions in Louisiana prove to be more...
"Since its creation in 1974, the ITEP program has sought to cut property taxes for industrial companies to encourage more companies to set up shop in Louisiana. In theory, the saved tax money from...
View ArticleTeen talk: Comprehensive sex education
Louisiana is a highly religious state, with a majority Republican-affiliated population. These demographics are divisive factors in the health curriculum taught in schools and make it difficult for any...
View ArticleLife Questions Spring 2022: Why normal sucks
In this article, Merrie Afseth explores how students with learning disabilities have found success in a education system that does not accompany their individuality. She puts forth Johnathan Mooney's...
View ArticleSolution journalism fall 2022: the nab draft for hiring teachers
The job opportunities and salaries of Black teachers when compared to White teachers is much less in New Orleans due to race playing a role in the hiring process. In this piece, Ria Mehta provides a...
View ArticleBlack lives matter movement in new orleans schools
Students at Lusher Charter School have organized protests following the Black Lives Matter movement. Annalise Fischer looks into which other New Orleans schools have publicly acknolwedged the movement,...
View ArticleLouisiana Criminal Justice: Girls Reaching Out Works Wonders
Girls Reaching Out Works Wonders is an intervention- based program in New Orleans that focuses on giving young women the resources necessary for re- entry into their community after their time in the...
View ArticleBack to School 2023: “Letting kids be kids”– dismantling the school-to-prison...
The school-to-prison pipeline, wherein kids are shuffled from their classrooms to detention centers and jails, is harming NOLA and Louisiana youth - especially Black youth. Writer Carly Shaffer...
View ArticleAlternative Journalism Fall 2020: The cycle of trauma in New Orleans charter...
Security in Charter Schools in New Orleans is doing the opposite of what it is intended. Instead of making students feel safe, students are scared to go to schools and often relive past traumas. Writer...
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