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03/30/2016

What's the relationship between schools and neighborhoods? In this conversation between different voices involved in education reform from different parts of the country, IQEE's Joseph Boselovic provides his perspective.

March 28, 2016 by edushyster2012 Schools and Neighborhoods: It’s Complicated Choice Anashay Wright, Baltimore, big questions, Detroit, EdBuild, Jessica Shiller, Joseph Boselovic, little agreement, neighborhoods, New Orleans, Rebecca Sibilia, Seth Rau, Zahava Stadler Leave a comment What’s the connec…

10/23/2015

In this year's Louisiana elections, interest and money in public education is not just coming from the state. IQEE's Luis Mirón on what's at stake for national education reform.

Political Action Committees have formed. Millions of dollars are pouring in. This isn't a national race we're talking about. It's the Louisiana state

09/16/2015

IQEE is a proud sponsor of the first annual Progressive Ed Summit South!

Teachers in New Orleans: check out the link below for details to sign up for this free conference where teachers can share best practices, build relationships, and move closer to the ideals of education. Arts education pioneer Eric Booth will be the keynote speaker.

http://www.eventbrite.com/e/1st-annual-progressive-ed-summit-south-tickets-18199569402?aff=es2

09/16/2015

How would Robin Williams' Mr. Keating from Dead Poets Society fare in a classroom observation today?

Many good questions and ideas for education today from New Orleans educator and artist Folwell Dunbar.

Modern educators are taking Taylorism off the assembly line and applying it to the classroom.

09/03/2015

How do today's New Orleans public schools reflect our changing city?

In this article from Danielle Dreilinger of the Times-Picayune, segregation and the changing landscape of school choice are discussed along with the work of an IQEE partner organization, the National Coalition for Diverse Charter Schools.

Several new schools are attracting interest from families who could afford private school, the same type of families who started leaving the school system 45 years ago

08/24/2015

In this guest column in the New Orleans Advocate, IQEE's Luis Mirón and Joseph L. Boselovic argue for the need to develop a more comprehensive and equitable vision of what success looks like in schools as the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaches.

06/23/2015

In this investigation from journalist Sarah Carr, IQEE's Director Luis Mirón highlights the unintended consequences of the swift changes in the teaching force that followed Hurricane Katrina.

After Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, all 7,500 employees of the New Orleans school system were fired. That led to an unprecedented diaspora of

05/22/2015

While HB 166 failed in the Louisiana House of Representatives this week, questions of the return of schools to the Orleans Parish School Board remain. IQEE Director Luis Mirón is cited in this piece, speaking on the importance of democratic engagement in education.

The Recovery School District's takeover schools will not be returning en masse to Orleans Parish. House Bill 166 failed overwhelmingly Monday (May 18) in the House of Representatives, 31-61. State Rep. Joe Bouie's bill would have mandated the immediate return of...

05/05/2015

A look at the landscape of alternative and home schooling in New Orleans and across Louisiana, featuring our Associate Director, Joseph Boselovic.

"Parents are looking for more power over their children’s education" Boselovic said. "It is leading to more competition among schools in New Orleans as we start to see these startups developing as an answer to these concerns."

The dramatic changes in the primary education environment in the New Orleans area since Hurricane Katrina have created a fertile environment for new startups offering alternative methods of education to develop.

03/17/2015

Congratulations to our friends and partners at Young Audiences and Young Audiences of Louisiana for the U.S. House of Representatives' designation of the week of March 15-21st as National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week.

As President Obama said in acknowledging the work that the organization has done for arts education across the country, "Art does not just reflect our Nation - it shapes it. The arts can test our assumptions, spark our curiosities, and drive us toward becoming a more perfect Union."

New York, NY (March 17, 2015) — Congresswoman Slaughter has introduced a Resolution to the House of Representatives designating the week of March 15-21, 2015 as National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week (YA Week). This week will honor the contributions Young Audiences Arts for Learning (YA) ha…

03/05/2015

A new report from the Data Center provides information and analysis on the contexts of education reform in New Orleans. With a child poverty rate of 39% and the persistence of low-wage work in the midst of the city's recovery, the future of education policy and reform in the city will continue to be shaped by the realities in which the city's students live on a daily basis.

What is the overall condition of New Orleans children? We know that by looking at the data...