2021 LEAP Results Expected Next Week
July 29, 2021 | NSNO
The Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) will release information soon about how students performed on the Louisiana Educational Assessment Program (LEAP). Read about what to expect from the results regarding COVID-19’s impact on learning, the scores, and how NSNO plans to use the scores to support our students in what we hope will be a steadier school year.
New Orleans schools to offer weekly COVID tests and vaccines, but no shot mandate
July 28, 2021 | The Advocate
In an effort to keep children in the classroom and infection rates down, New Orleans Public Schools (NOLA-PS) will offer free COVID-19 testing and vaccinations for the upcoming school year. The testing and vaccinations will not be required, but NOLA-PS will offer financial incentives for those willing to be tested.
“I felt like I was on top of the world.”
July 13 & 20, 2021 | NSNO
Our final #Innovators series profiles feature educator Journey Allen of the Living School New Orleans and the New Orleans Career Center. Read about how Allen supports their students in becoming innovators themselves by “being artists that follow their own creative instincts rather than being artists that follow a formula.” And find out how the New Orleans Career Center innovated their way through this turbulent year.
Innovators Series: Living School & New Orleans Career Center
July 13 & 20, 2021 | NSNO
Our final #Innovators series profiles feature educator Journey Allen of the Living School New Orleans and the New Orleans Career Center. Read about how Allen supports their students in becoming innovators themselves by “being artists that follow their own creative instincts rather than being artists that follow a formula.” And find out how the New Orleans Career Center innovated their way through this turbulent year.
Fighting for Our Children through Policy & Advocacy
July 8, 2021 | NSNO
NSNO works to help and protect our students through policy and advocacy work. This spring, that included working on several issues, among them the harmful HB564 & SB156 bills, which would have prevented teachers from teaching the realities of racism and misogyny in our schools, and aimed to keep trans girls from playing on girls’ sports teams.
July 6 & 15, 2021 | NSNO
In our NOLA Knowledge: Summer in the City series, we share updates on our schools’ summer learning opportunities. In Week 5, we shared how students are learning outside of the classroom. In Week 6, we learned how schools used summer learning to keep students engaged with challenging content.