Featured Policy Brief: "How Has the Louisiana Scholarship Program Affected Students? A Comprehensive Summary of Effects after Three Years"

Three studies examine the effects of the Louisiana Scholarship Program, a statewide school voucher initiative. Read more…

June 26, 2017

New Voucher Studies to be Released on Monday

We'll be releasing a policy brief that offers new evidence on school vouchers’ impact on students and schools after three years. Read more…

June 23, 2017

New Report Released: "Is There Choice in School Choice?"

Education Research Alliance for New Orleans releases report on schooling options in New Orleans. Read more…

April 20, 2016

Media Coverage of Era New Orleans' First Paper Release

Era New Orleans presents its first paper on school choice with a parent panel discussion at the Treme Center. Read more…

January 16, 2015

“What Schools Do Parents Want (And Why)?”: New Report Focuses on Changes in School Choices in New Orleans

Education Research Alliance for New Orleans to release first in series of studies on post-Katrina NOLA schools Read more…

January 7, 2015

Traveling Farther To School, But Choice Was In New Orleans Before

Attendance zones were abolished after Hurricane Katrina, creating a wide open door to parental school choice. This article examines the effect of choice on how far students are traveling to school and some of the reasons why parents "go the distance." Read more…

January 17, 2014

The Times-Picayune

How Does the New Orleans School Placement Algorithm Work, and What Is the Best Strategy for Getting a Preferred Placement?

In New Orleans, students are not assigned to a school-based only on where they live. Instead, families submit a ranked list of school requests through the NOLA-PS Common Application Process (NCAP), and then an algorithm assigns students to schools. Although aspects of the NCAP’s placement algorithm are complex—which can produce confusion and distrust—the basic idea is quite simple. Visit the [New Orleans Collaborative for Early Childhood Research](https://agendaforchildren.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2023-10-10-CECR-Brief-Series-6.pdf) for a related brief on the early childhood application process. Read more…

July 26, 2023

Back to the Future? From State Takeover to the Nation’s First All-Charter, District-Governed School System in New Orleans

This report studies the return of local control in New Orleans after a state takeover that turned all of the schools into charter schools Read more…

July 26, 2023

What Schools Do Families Want (And Why)?

A policy brief and technical report of ERA-New Orleans' paper on school choice post-Katrina by Douglas N. Harris and Matthew F. Larsen Read more…

January 15, 2015

How Do School Leaders Respond to Competition? Evidence From New Orleans

A policy brief and technical report of ERA-New Orleans' paper on school competition post-Katrina by Huriya Jabbar Read more…

March 26, 2015