WWL - News - Opinion http://www.wwltv.com/news/opinion RSS Feed for WWL - News - Opinion en-us Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:54:07 GMT 2013-01-21T20:54:07Z en-us Closing of achievement gap for New Orleans schools 'premature' http://www.wwltv.com/news/opinion/oped-187737761.html In her commentary for WWLTV.com, Leslie Jacobs informs the public, “in case they missed it,” that “we have closed the performance gap” in New Orleans’ schools. Not only is this “gap” closed; it happened two years ago, in 2010-11. Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:54:07 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/opinion/oped-187737761.html 2013-01-21T20:54:07Z 7 years later, are New Orleans schools better off? http://www.wwltv.com/news/opinion/Education-reform-in-New-Orleans-better-for-whom-186622241.html I’ve been asked if things are better in New Orleans since the state takeover of the vast majority of New Orleans’ public schools. My answer depends on perspective - better for whom? Mon, 14 Jan 2013 23:27:28 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/opinion/Education-reform-in-New-Orleans-better-for-whom-186622241.html 2013-01-14T23:27:28Z New Orleans schools outperform state, nation in graduating students http://www.wwltv.com/news/opinion/New-Orleans-schools-outperform-state-nation-in-graduating-students--186185952.html With the recent release by the U.S. Department of Education of national high school completion rates, New Orleans has cause to celebrate. In terms of graduating students on time, we have closed the performance gap. Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:14:29 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/opinion/New-Orleans-schools-outperform-state-nation-in-graduating-students--186185952.html 2013-01-14T18:14:29Z Teach for America, a positive agent of change in Orleans schools http://www.wwltv.com/news/opinion/Teach-for-America-OpEd-186183862.html I became a teacher in 2009 and taught special education at Douglass High School in the Recovery School District. Douglass, before it was closed, had some of the lowest graduation rates in the city. Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:17:31 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/opinion/Teach-for-America-OpEd-186183862.html 2013-01-14T18:17:31Z Evolving Louisiana's classrooms from creationism http://www.wwltv.com/news/opinion/Louisiana-students-must-learn-evolution-186187302.html In July, I uncovered that at least twenty voucher schools were teaching creationism. Mon, 14 Jan 2013 23:23:52 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/opinion/Louisiana-students-must-learn-evolution-186187302.html 2013-01-14T23:23:52Z Gov. Jindal shows disdain for teachers, public education http://www.wwltv.com/news/opinion/Gov-Jindal-shows-disdain-for-teachers-186184452.html Jindal’s approach to education is typified by an apparent disdain for those who have made the profession their life’s calling. Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:18:17 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/opinion/Gov-Jindal-shows-disdain-for-teachers-186184452.html 2013-01-14T18:18:17Z Education reform a game-changer for New Orleans http://www.wwltv.com/news/opinion/Education-reform-a-game-changer-for-New-Orleans-186346711.html Thinking back to New Orleans’ public schools before the current reform efforts began, brings to mind a system where most students were languishing in schools with low academic standards and little-to-no accountability for the adults in charge. Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:19:52 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/opinion/Education-reform-a-game-changer-for-New-Orleans-186346711.html 2013-01-14T18:19:52Z Grading school reform http://www.wwltv.com/news/opinion/Grading-school-reform-186689561.html Even before Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans and parts of southern Louisiana, the seeds had already been sown for reforming public education in the state. But it was seven years ago that school reform began in earnest in the wake of Katrina. Mon, 14 Jan 2013 23:22:50 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/opinion/Grading-school-reform-186689561.html 2013-01-14T23:22:50Z