New Orleans’ public school enrollment is dropping and likely won’t stop

Enrollment concerns are being fueled by the city’s birthrate hitting its lowest point since Hurricane Katrina, according to a local nonprofit’s research.
The Advocate

New Orleans homeless shelter changes lives with help from credit union, Saints: 'Hope lives here'

In the Keesler Federal Credit Union suite at the Superdome, sparkly black and gold revelry paraded through the door. Dawn Bradley-Fletcher, CEO of the New Orleans Women and Children’s Shelter, led her ...
NOLA.com

She studies trauma in kids. Here’s how she says schools can help amid immigration sweeps.

For three decades, Tulane University psychology professor Stacy Overstreet has studied the impact of chronic stress and trauma on New Orleans children — from community violence and poverty to ...
Grist

Poison at play: Unsafe lead levels found in half of New Orleans playgrounds

This coverage is made possible in part through a partnership between Grist and Verite News, a nonprofit news organization with a mission to produce in-depth journalism in underserved communities in ...