New Orleans Three months have now passed since the New Orleans Times-Picayune made national news with its shocking announcement that they would no longer publish a daily paper, but would put out a print edition only three days per week (Wednesday, Friday, & Sunday), and count on their web page for survival. Shortly thereafter the …
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Charter Schools Continue to Resist Accountability and Transparency
New Orleans New Orleans is widely considered the vanguard of the charter school movement. Since the usurpation of the school system by the state in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, charter schools of all shapes, sizes, and varieties have been the norm. It’s hard to tell in most ways how this grand experiment is working …
Alternative News, The Lens, and Hope for the Future
New Orleans For some time I had been getting a fairly regular email from something in New Orleans called The Lens. It was something like a web newspaper without being on paper and normally being slim pickings of just a couple of stories. They seemed to have some stories worth a look on the Orleans …