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Now Hiring: Communications Manager & Post-Doctoral Fellow
ERA-New Orleans is growing. Come join our team.
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Denise Woltering Vargas
Denise Woltering Vargas is an Associate Director for Operations, Finance and Communications.…
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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
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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.
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How Do Families' Transportation Options Shape School Choice in New Orleans?
This study looks at the transportation options available to families in New Orleans and how these family resources shape the school choices families make. The study also examines whether families in neighborhoods with greater access to vehicles are more likely to request and enroll in schools farther from home.
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Voices of New Orleans Youth 2022: How are our city's children doing after three unusual years?
A new study by Jamie M. Carroll, Douglas N. Harris, Alica Gerry, and Lindsay Weixler examines how students view their teachers, schools, and communities.
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What Effect Did the New Orleans School Reforms Have on Youth Crime?
A new study from Stephen Barnes, Douglas N. Harris, and Lan Nguyen examines how the post-Katrina school reforms affected youth conviction rates.
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What Happens When Families Whose Schools Close Receive EdNavigator Support and OneApp Priority?
This study examines enrollment and achievement outcomes for New Orleans students whose schools closed at the end of the 2017-18 school year. In that year, families from closing schools were offered two types of assistance in the form of priority in the centralized enrollment system and help from the nonprofit EdNavigator in selecting their next placement.
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Anjana Nair
Anjana Nair is a Scientific Research Analyst at ERA-New Orleans.…
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Emilia Nordgren
Emilia Nordgren is a Scientific Research Analyst at ERA-New Orleans…