Each semester, the Cowen Institute hosts college students interested in K-12 public education in New Orleans. This is a guest post written by a research intern offering up his perspective on his experience, some of his most important research findings, and his thoughts on public education in New Orleans.
The Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB) is poised to vote tonight on a resolution in support of working with the Recovery School District (RSD) to create a single, citywide application process for public school enrollment. This is a critical step towards ensuring a fair, transparent, and equitable public school system in New Orleans.
Each semester, the Cowen Institute hosts Tulane undergraduates that are completing their required internship through the Center for Public Service. This is a guest post written by a research intern offering up his perspective on his experience, some of his most important research findings, and his thoughts on public education in New Orleans.
Each semester, the Cowen Institute hosts Tulane undergraduates that are completing their required internship through the Center for Public Service. This is a guest post written by a research intern offering up his perspective on his experience, some of his most important research findings, and his thoughts on public education in New Orleans.
Just before Mardi Gras, the Recovery School District (RSD) released its new annual school Equity Report. The Equity Report is one of the RSD’s commitments to New Orleans outlined last August, and the goal of the new report is to measure and make transparent the “things that make a great school truly great.”
In November 2011, the Brookings Institution introduced an interactive web application called the Education Choice and Competition Index (ECCI), which rated the top 25 largest school districts on policies and practices related to school choice. Despite being on the forefront of the movement toward school choice, New Orleans was not one of the school systems included in the ECCI due to its relatively small size. I decided to use the scoring guide to the ECCI to calculate my own grade for New Orleans.
Each semester, the Cowen Institute hosts Tulane undergrads that are completing their required internship through the Center for Public Service. This is a guest post written by a Research intern offering up his perspective on his experience, some of his most important research findings, and his thoughts on public education in New Orleans.
An Intern’s Perspective: Nicholas Suellentrop
| December 6, 2012Each semester, the Cowen Institute hosts Tulane undergraduates that are completing their required internship through the Center for Public Service. This is a guest post written by a research intern offering up his perspective on his experience, some of his most important research findings, and his thoughts on public education in New Orleans.