Tag: New Orleans

Beltway Confidential

Obama praises New Orleans’ educational progress, doesn’t credit school choice

Jason Russell · August 28, 2015 1:04 pm

10 years later, extent of Katrina fraud still unknown

Sarah Bedford · August 28, 2015 4:01 am

McDonogh #35 Senior High School graduates celebrate at their commencement at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on May 14, 2015 in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is one of the last remaining traditional public schools in the city. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

It shouldn’t take a hurricane to create all-choice school districts

Jason Russell · August 28, 2015 4:01 am

Obama marks 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

Curt Mills · August 27, 2015 11:18 pm

Republican presidential candidate Gov. Bobby Jindal, R-La., speaks during an education summit Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015, in Londonderry, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Beltway Confidential

Jindal: It shouldn’t take a hurricane to fix education

Jason Russell · August 20, 2015 4:01 am

President Barack Obama shakes hands with a guest before taking the stage to speak at the Port of New Orleans, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama heads to New Orleans for Katrina anniversary

Nicole Duran · August 19, 2015 9:42 pm

Before Katrina, barely more than half of New Orleans students graduated. In the 2013-14 school year, three out of four graduated -- right in line with Louisiana's statewide graduation rate. (AP photo)

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The charter solution

Jason Russell · July 27, 2015 4:01 am

ixth grade students Miracle Roberson, left, Darion James, and Brianetay Martin, right, read during literature intervention class at ReNEW SciTech Academy, a charter school in New Orleans, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. After Hurricane Katrina, charter schools are the new reality of public education in New Orleans. The vast majority of public school students will be attending a charter school established by a state-run school district created in the wake of the storm. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Beltway Confidential

Study: New Orleans’ unique school choice system is working

Jason Russell · June 17, 2015 5:17 pm

"We feel very confident in the strength of the legal arguments," White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters Monday. (AP Photo)Â

White House unmoved by court action on immigration

Brian Hughes · April 20, 2015 6:15 pm

"Right now, VA leaders owe the public an explanation," House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Jeff Miller, R-Fla., wrote in a statement. (AP Photo/File)

Key congressman demands VA honchos be sacked following construction fiascos

Luke Rosiak · March 18, 2015 10:53 pm

Despite ‘Long Period’ of Concerns at NBC, Williams Given $50 Million Contract in Dec.

Michael Warren · February 12, 2015 2:22 pm

New Orleans-based biotech firm Renaissance Rx hit by layoffs, future of company in question

Kyle Barnett · January 30, 2015 3:31 pm