November 24, 7:30 p.m. EST
Hear corps members, staff, and alumni discuss how we are building a movement in Greater New Orleans.
Hosted by Kira Orange-Jones, Executive Director.
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Greater New Orleans corps members teach in one of four southeast Louisiana parishes (Louisiana’s term for counties):
All four of these parishes are among the lowest-performing and most impoverished districts in Louisiana. A sharp racial and socio-economic division exists in each of these parishes between public and private schools in the region. One out of every three school-age children in Teach For America’s partner parishes attends a non-public school—three times the national average. While each of the school systems in these parishes faces similar challenges, there are unique education reform initiatives underway in each one that Teach For America corps members and alumni are instrumental in leading.
We are engaging in a historical effort to rebuild public education in New Orleans. Teach For America is providing us not only with highly effective teachers, but also building a new generation of leaders who will help bring systemic change to the region.
- Paul Vallas
Superintendent, Recovery School District
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At a Glance
| Partner School Districts: |
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| NOLA Public Schools |
| Jefferson Parish Public Schools |
| St. John the Baptist Parish Public Schools |
| Recovery School District in Orleans Parish |
| St. Bernard Parish Schools |
| Ethnic Breakdown-Student Population-Orleans Parish |
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| Total: approximately 33,000 |
| 97% African-American |
| 1% Caucasian |
| 2% Latino and Hispanic |
| <1% Asian-American |
| <1% Native American |
Ethnic Breakdown-Student Population-Jefferson Parish |
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| Total: approximately 50,000 |
| 49% African-American |
| 32% Caucasian |
| 13% Latino and Hispanic |
| 5% Asian-American |
| <1% Native American |
Ethnic Breakdown-Student Population-St. John the Baptist Parish |
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| Total: approximately 6,500 |
| 79% African-American |
| 17% Caucasian |
| 3% Latino and Hispanic |
| <1% Asian-American |
| <1% Native American |
| Percentage of Students Qualifying for Free/Reduced-Price Lunch |
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| 85-86% |
| Placements |
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| 35% elementary |
| 65% secondary |
| 31% hold special education assignments |
| 95% teach at a school with another corps member or alumnus |