Elizabeth K Jeffers, PhD

Memphis parents criticize proposed closure of Ida. B. Wells school MSCS leaders say Ida B. Wells Academy should close due to high maintenance costs and chronic underenrollment. But parents argue its small classes help their students outperform peers in reading and math.

MSCS leaders say Ida B. Wells Academy should close due to high maintenance costs and chronic underenrollment. But parents argue its small classes help their students outperform peers in reading and math.

Will #TLC remain a *traditional public (non-charter) school* governed by the elected school board (accountable 2 the people) rather than a privately appointed board?

What happened to JohnMcDonogh Sr. High? Is this another flim flam?
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#NolaEdExperiment
#SchoolChoice

Beyond the Parameters of “Choice”: An Obliterated Vision for Traditional Public Schooling and the Contamination of the New Orleans Charter Restart Model - Elizabeth K. Jeffers, 2024 Departing from mainstream accounts of the post-Katrina New Orleans state takeover and the more recent “unification” of schools under local governance, this case...

Beyond the Parameters of “Choice”: An Obliterated Vision for Traditional Public Schooling and the Contamination of the New Orleans Charter Restart Model - Elizabeth K. Jeffers, 2024 journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Will NOLA Public Schools Fulfill Its Promise to the Leah Chase School Community? | The Lens Leah Chase School, it seems, was never meant to exist—at least, not as a traditional public school. Less than two years later, NOLA Public Schools’ board members are debating whether to close it.   [....

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Will NOLA Public Schools Fulfill Its Promise to the Leah Chase School Community? | The Lens Leah Chase School, it seems, was never meant to exist—at least, not as a traditional public school. Less than two years later, NOLA Public Schools’ board members are debating whether to close it.   [....

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#OPINION The writers, an educator and a parent who works as an advocate within schools, contend that the state takeover removed Black teachers who provided continuity and did not improve academic outcomes for Black students...

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This New Orleans East high school will close next year, and three other schools will merge “I don’t know where they’re going to go.”

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Federal oversight of New Orleans special education could end this year, judge says A federal judge said oversight of New Orleans public school special education would likely end before the end of the year, ending a decade-long court judgement.

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LSU presidential search committee members required to sign non-disclosure agreements  • Louisiana Illuminator Members of the committee tasked with finding LSU’s next president have been asked to sign a non-disclosure agreement that prohibits them from ever discussing the search.  The search committee is a pub...

Members of the committee tasked with finding LSU’s next president have been asked to sign a non-disclosure agreement that prohibits them from ever discussing the search. @piperhutch.bsky.social reports.  lailluminator.com/2025/10/20/l...

Louisiana's youth need support systems, not National Guard patrols • Louisiana Illuminator When I think about troops coming to New Orleans, I get anxious about the potential impacts on our young people because I know what it’s like to be a kid who is seen as “trouble” in the eyes of authori...

COMMENTARY: "When I think about troops coming to New Orleans, I get anxious about the potential impacts on our young people because I know what it’s like to be a kid who is seen as 'trouble' in the eyes of authority," writes activist Anthony Travis. lailluminator.com/2025/10/15/l...

Ashana Bigard and Elizabeth K. Jeffers Twenty years after Katrina, the city’s all-charter schools system is failing many families

Twenty years after Katrina, the city’s all-charter schools system is failing many families www.nationofchange.o... #AnotherDayAnotherCharterScandal

Thank you to the custodial staff who are a vital part of creating and maintaining a safe, welcoming environment in education, healthcare, and public services. Thank you!

New rules would renew charter schools in Baton Rouge up to 10 years, double the current max East Baton Rouge Parish currently has contracts with 13 charter schools, teaching more than 6,000 students, or about 16% of district enrollment. In the past two years, East Baton Rouge has closed two low-performing charter schools and replaced the operators of two more.

East Baton Rouge Parish currently has contracts with 13 charter schools, teaching more than 6,000 students, or about 16% of district enrollment. In the past two years, East Baton Rouge has closed two low-performing charter schools and replaced the operators of two more.

Trump Withholds Nearly $7 Billion for Schools, With Little Explanation

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Tulane scientist resigns citing university censorship of pollution and racial disparity research A Tulane University researcher has resigned, citing censorship from university leaders. Kim Terrell, a researcher with the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic, resigned Wednesday, saying in a letter the u...

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‘Needlessly divisive’: Louisiana advances anti-DEI policy despite Black Caucus pushback  • Louisiana Illuminator Louisiana lawmakers have advanced a ban on DEI and certain required undergraduate courses despite significant push-back

'NEEDLESSLY DIVISIVE:' Louisiana advances anti-DEI policy despite Black Caucus pushback. @piperhutch.bsky.social   lailluminator.com/2025/05/20/n...

LSU’s president abruptly leaves after four years. What happens now?  • Louisiana Illuminator LSU President William Tate abruptly left after four years and these people are potential successors to the position

WHO'S NEXT? After former LSU President William Tate abruptly departed campus for the same job at Rutgers University in New Jersey, political forces began jockeying to posture their preferred replacements to take the prized office. @piperhutch.bsky.social reports:  lailluminator.com/2025/06/04/l...

Proud to call Louisiana my home and to have the opportunity to serve my state. ❤️

I’ve got nothing profound to say here. They’re just cute.

Swallow perched on a dead tree in front of some beard moss (Usnea), blueish-purple wings, green back, clean white front and violet neck.

The first thing I noticed was how fast this swallow flew. When it landed, I noticed the white cheeks and green back. I was thrilled to realize that it was a Violet-green Swallow. They are stunning!
#birds #photography #birdphotography #birding

Lawmakers advances plan to transfer struggling UNO back to LSU System  • Louisiana Illuminator Louisiana legislators are advancing legislation to move the University of New Orleans back into the LSU System.

Lawmakers advances plan to transfer struggling UNO back to LSU System, @piperhutch.bsky.social reports  lailluminator.com/2025/05/08/l...

Louisiana colleges could be prohibited from requiring race, gender classes • Louisiana Illuminator A Louisiana legislative committee has dramatically rewritten an anti-DEI policy proposal for state agencies that would now prohibit schools from requiring certain race and gender-based curriculum for ...

DEVELOPING: A legislative committee has dramatically rewritten an anti-DEI policy proposal for state agencies that would now prohibit schools from requiring certain race and gender-based curriculum for undergraduate students. @piperhutch.bsky.social reports lailluminator.com/2025/05/08/l...

All Else Equal: Charter School Attendance and College Enrollment Rates at California’s Three Systems of Higher Education We compare college enrollment patterns of charter school students to traditional public school students for all California seniors in 2019. Overall, charter students attend college at lower rates t...

Very interesting study!

All Else Equal: Charter School Attendance and College Enrollment Rates at California’s Three Systems of Higher Education

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YouTube video by Cincinnati Law Confirmation Bias, Dr. Sherry Nakhaeizadeh

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