Get to Know a School Leader: Deanna Reddick

By Deanna Reddick

You’ve been an educator for 20 years, but you were a lawyer before that. What brought you to education? I graduated from law school and …
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Teaching to Impact the City I Love: A Network of Support for Our Children

By Cheryl Jeff-Treaudo

For 24 years, I have been a teacher here in my home city of New Orleans. The last twelve of those years have been at …
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Curious About Education in New Orleans? Look to our Teachers

By Richard Kisack

Last month, New York Times reporter David Leonhardt wrote about New Orleans’ Public Schools, and the experience of a changing education system that many of my peers …
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My Classroom is a Family

By Chiante Cunningham

Ever since I was a girl, growing up on Terry Street in Algiers, I knew I wanted to be a teacher. I gathered my younger …
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Teaching Students to Love and Understand Science

By Christy Swauncy

When I was a freshman at Dillard University, I wanted to be a dentist. I was lucky to have instructors who were strong role models …
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Preparing the Next Generation of Civil Rights Leaders

By Cadarris Rucker

In May of 1963, in my home state of Alabama, young people became increasingly active participants in the movement for civil rights. Thousands joined the …
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