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Primary education in the public schools is a problem for New Orleans. Post-K all but 7 of the 118 New Orleans Public Schools were taken over by the state and placed in a special recovery district. Even with numerous charter schools now in place and a new RSD superintendent, LEAP testing results continue to show New Orleans public schools are not performing.

Other education in the New Orleans area is world class. Many fine private and parochial schools provide excellent primary and secondary education. Area universities are among the best in the nation. Graduate education includes much sought after business, law, and medical schools.

Governor Jindal seems willing to consider additional alternatives including a low key effort to introduce some vouchers into the mix. Area parochial schools seem willing to accept up to 500 public "scholarship" students into their mix. In July, 2008 1,200 New Orleans families applied for vouchers to send their children to private schools. Theoretically they will qualify if their income does not exceed 2.5 times the poverty level ($53,000). A lottery will be used to select the lucky scholarship winners in the event there are more qualified individuals than can be served.

  • Community and Technical Colleges : The colleges that make up the Louisiana Community and Technical :: Continue reading...
  • Corporate : Corporations spend freely to educate employees in specialized technical and social skills. :: Continue reading...
  • K-12 Primary and Secondary Education : In an interesting reversal of conventional logic consider the following :: Continue reading...
  • Medical Schools : Tulane and LSU Medical schools. LSU and Charity Nursing Schools will be reopening in New Orleans. :: Continue reading...
  • Sports in School : The movie "Friday Night Lights" shows just how important a tradition high school football has become. :: Continue reading...
  • Universities : Tulane, Loyola, Newcomb, UNO, SUNO, Xavier, Dillard, Delgado, Holy :: Continue reading...


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