NBC’s Education Nation tour stops in New Orleans
NBC’s road tour of three education hot spots โ “hot,” that is, for good or for bad โ lands in New Orleans this week. Along with the other cities (Detroit and Phoenix), the network’s third annual “Education Nation” events highlight local issues facing local schools โ and NBC is reaching out not just to the recent waves of nationally praised charter schools and their operators, but to the Recovery School District (RSD) as well as teachers and their students citywide.
City officials, including Mayor Mitch Landrieu, as well as Louisiana Department of Education Superintendent John White and U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, will appear at the events, which begin with an opening ceremony Friday, April 12. All events are held at New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA) and will include input from schools in St. Bernard, St. Tammany and Jefferson Parishes, as well as RSD and charter schools in Orleans Parish. The events are not open to the public.