New Policy Brief Released: "How Have New Orleans' Charter-Based School Reforms Affected Pre-Kindergarten?"

A new study from the Education Research Alliance for New Orleans at Tulane University examines how the growth of charter schools in New Orleans contributed to a decline in pre-Kindergarten (pre-K) program offerings from 2007 to 2015. Read more…

December 7, 2017

Registration Open for the Early Childhood Data and Research Summit

ERA-New Orleans will host an Early Childhood Data and Research Summit for the New Orleans and Louisiana early childhood communities on August 3, at Tulane University's Lavin-Bernick Center. Read more…

July 7, 2016

How Have New Orleans' Charter-Based School Reforms Affected Pre-Kindergarten?

A policy brief by Lindsay Bell Weixler, Jane Arnold Lincove, and Alica Gerry on how the growth of charter schools in New Orleans affected pre-kindergarten (pre-K) program offerings. Read more…

December 7, 2017

Climbing the College Ladder? The Effects of the New Orleans School Reforms on the Quality and Fit of Colleges That Students Attended

A policy brief by Beth Glenn and Douglas Harris finds that the post-Hurricane Katrina school reforms in New Orleans not only increased college attendance rates, but also increased the quality of colleges that local students attended. Read more…

December 15, 2020