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          • The Legacy of Katrina’s Children
          • The State of Charter School Authorizing 2009
          • The New Orleans Index: Tracking Recovery
          • Hope Needs Help
          • GulfGov Reports: An Examination of Impacts of Hurricanes on Public Schools
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          • The Plight of the Education Systems Post Katrina
          • A Review and Critique of Rebuilding and Transforming
          • The State of Public Education in New Orleans: Five Years After Hurricane Katrina
          • Young Children after Katrina
          • Student Displacement in Louisiana After 2005 Hurricanes
          • Miles to go Louisiana
          • ‘National Model’ or Flawed Approach?
          • The Future of Public Education in New Orleans
          • K-12 Public Education Reform in New Orleans
          • No Experience Necessary?
          • Value Added Assessment
          • A Louisiana Case Study
          • Effects Of Hurricanes Katrina And Rita On Student Evacuees
          • Orleans Parish LEAP/GEE Scores
          • From Cradle to Career
          • Early Assessment of Student Achievement
          • Potential Economic Impacts
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          • NCLB: A Steep Climb Ahead
          • Orleans Parish School Tax Renewals
          • Education after Katrina
          • Time for a Federal Response
          • Blueprint: 21st Century Schools
          • A Student’s Perspective
          • Charter School Autonomy: A Half Broken Promise
          • New Orleans Public School History
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          • Damage Assessment of NOPS Facilities
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          • Funding’s Tragic Flaw
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          • Seven Topics in Education
          • Starting Fresh: Engaging Parents
          • Achievement in Chicago Charter Schools
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          • The Future of Charter Schools and Teachers
          • Performance and Demographics of Public Schools in New Orleans
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          • The State of Public Education in New Orleans 2007
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General Cowen Institute Update
From news of AdvanceNOLA successs stories, info about how you can get involved, important news articles about public education, and the latest information about local education issues, this is the place to be.

Public Policy and Legislative Update
The public policy team takes you inside the legislative process and breaks down pertinent information on House and Senate bills and how they are affecting our public education system. We will also update you on Orleans Parish School Board, the Recovery School District, and the Louisiana Department of Education issues that are pertinent to the Cowen Institute mission.

Research Update
Bringing interesting and informative research about public education right to your inbox. From student performance data to governance issues to analysis of school finances, it’s all here for you and from a trusted source.

University-Based Initiatives Update
Tulane University partners with the K-12 public education sector in a variety of ways, enabling members of the Tulane community (or Tulane faculty, students, staff and alumni) to engage in numerous opportunities to support education reform underway in New Orleans. We’ll keep you posted on the impact of our institutional efforts as well as opportunities to serve as change agents in the revolutionary movement to transform the city’s public schools.

College Readiness Programs Updates
We’ll keep you updated with student progress in their Advanced Placement courses, on their college applications, on their plans for life after high school graduation – and how you can help.

Latest News

  • Laying the Foundation Pre-AP Training on October 16th

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  • New Orleans Schools, Cowen Institute, Make Headlines on Katrina’s Fifth Anniversary

    Read the articles here.

  • Join us for a live chat on NOLA schools five years after Katrina this Friday.

    The chat, being put on by Education Week, will feature CI researcher Michael Schwam-Baird and Aesha Rasheed of the New Orleans Parents’ Organizing Network answering your questions.

  • Cowen Institute/CPS Course Development Grant

    We are announcing a grant competition to support the development of service-learning courses designed to serve students at the 300 course level and above.  The purpose is to promote the institutionalization of public service offerings that deal with innovative policies and programs in the New Orleans public schools.  Click here for more details.

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Press

  • Education Week has extensive coverage on New Orleans schools five years post-Katrina.

    Read it all here.

  • Vallas Announces Teacher-Training Partnership with Dillard

    Read about it here.

  • New Schools for New Orleans to Get $28 Million Federal Grant

    Grant will be used to turn around more failing schools here and in Tennessee.  Click here to read more about it.

  • New L. B. Landry School Opens on Westbank

    The Recovery District School cost $54 million and is more than 200,000 square feet.  Click here to read more.

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