Now Hiring: Post-Doctoral Fellow
The Education Research Alliance for New Orleans (ERA-New Orleans) is now hiring a Post-Doctoral Fellow to lead objective and rigorous research projects related to market-based schools reforms in New Orleans and across the country.
New Study: How Do New Orleans Educators’ Salaries Differ by Role and Across Racial Groups?
A Research Snapshot by Olivia Carr examines salary disparities between Black and white New Orleans educators by role.
New Study: How are Salary Dollars Allocated in New Orleans Public Schools, and How Has that Changed Since 2005?
A Research Snapshot by Olivia Carr compares how New Orleans public schools divide salary dollars by job role pre- and post-Katrina.
Objective, Rigorous, and Useful Research to Understand the Post-Katrina School Reforms in New Orleans
Our Purpose
In the wake of the Hurricane Katrina tragedy, an unprecedented new system of public education was put in place. The purpose of the Education Research Alliance for New Orleans (ERA-New Orleans) is to understand how this new era in school reform has influenced teaching and learning in the city’s schools and what the findings mean for the future of school reform.
Featured Video
Virtual Town Hall on Access to Arts Education in New Orleans
Featured Publication
Do Students Perceive Their Teachers and Schools More Positively When More of Their Teachers Look Like Them?
Published
by Alica Gerry, Lindsay Bell Weixler
A Research Snapshot by Alica Gerry and Lindsay Bell Weixler finds that Black students rated their academic engagement higher in schools with a higher percentage of Black teachers.