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Letters: BESE thinks schools are doing just fine. NO parents disagree.

Por: The Advocate Opinion November 15, 2022

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It is unfortunate that the Advocate news reporting that parents have a more negative perception of public schools in New Orleans wasn't published side-by-side with the Nov. 10 news report by Will Sentell reporting the of toughening the grading of public schools in our state.Particularly revealing were the data: Whereas only 24% of NOLA parents gave the quality of education an A or B, the earlier story reported that state schools... + full article



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