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Behind The Lens episode 52: ‘They’re only going to be reviewing 25 student files at every school they go to for this city-wide audit’

Posted October 12, 201900:35:58

NOLA Public Schools begins its city-wide audit of student records, the City Planning Commission votes against a proposal to add beds at the New Orleans...

Behind The Lens episode 51: ‘The city is responsible for this, not the residents of Gordon Plaza.’

Posted October 5, 201900:25:28

NOLA Public Schools issues a report on its investigation of John F. Kennedy High School, the Orleans Parish Assessor gets caught defending a policy...

Behind The Lens episode 50: ‘It’s more than just voting for a candidate; civic engagement is bigger than that’

Posted September 28, 201900:43:15

City Council weighs the property tax rate as a budget deadline looms, KIPP New Orleans edges closer to the New Orleans Public Schools' enrollment cap,...

Behind The Lens episode 49: ‘I hope some more people can help, too. Not just us here.’

Posted September 21, 201900:25:28

A charter group might lose Coghill school, as seven schools face renewal this year; the RTA and Convention Center could go to court over tax revenue;...

Behind The Lens episode 48: ‘It raises questions about how the Assessor’s Office is tracking the several other industrial tax exemptions that currently exist’

Posted September 13, 201900:32:26

The impact that industrial farms are having on local fishermen and the Gulf Dead Zone, verifying record keeping on the Industrial Tax Exemption Program,...