New Orleans Schools Chief Chips Away at Big Issues
Associated Press / June 7, 2008
Paul Vallas recently passed his first major milestone when fourth- and eighth-graders in the city's woeful public schools posted significantly higher test scores on state tests.
Paul Vallas Aims for Long-term Stability
Times-Picayune / June 9, 2008
As his first full year at the helm of the Recovery School District comes to a close, Vallas has brought a passion for action, casting himself as the anti-bureaucrat. A big talker, big thinker, and big doer -- if not always a big listener -- Vallas has also thus far proved a big spender.
Specialty high schools part of system overhaul
Times-Picayune / March 19, 2008
New Orleans' largest school district plans to reshape its high schools, partly by introducing specialty programs in areas such as public safety or health at each of the schools.
District increases per-pupil spending
Times Picayune / March 3, 2008
The city's largest school district spends thousands more dollars per pupil than New Orleans public schools did before the flood, raising the stakes of an unprecedented overhaul of an American urban school system.
Q & A With Paul G. Vallas
Education Week / July 18, 2007
An interview with the then newly-appointed Superintendent of New Orleans' Recovery School District.
Schools budget to go to state board today
The Times-Picayune / February 19, 2008
The Recovery School District's first detailed operating budget -- due to go before the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education today -- relies on $15 million in revenue that the district has yet to collect from the Orleans Parish School Board and the city.
Vallas Intends to Refashion High Schools in New Orleans
Education Week / February 8, 2008
Leaders of the Recovery School District in New Orleans are crafting an overhaul of high schools that would offer career-oriented magnet programs at each campus, along with a districtwide college-preparatory curriculum of honors and Advanced Placement courses.
Vallas ousts Rabouin exec
By Darran Simon / January 26, 2008
Recovery School District Superintendent Paul Vallas has ousted the principal of the district's largest high school, Rabouin, and said Friday he's considering leadership changes at two other schools, Walter L. Cohen Senior High and Carver Elementary.
RSD schools show potential, pitfalls
Times Picayune / January 17, 2008
Oh, how time flies. It seems only a few weeks ago Paul Vallas was marching triumphantly into town to take the reins of the troubled Recovery School District. Here we are halfway through the academic year, and it's report card time.
Vallas Charts New Path for New Orleans
Education Week / June 27, 2007
In his first wave of decisions as the head of the state-run school system in New Orleans, Paul G. Vallas plans to open 21 more schools this fall, recruit and train teachers to ensure the schools are fully staffed, and develop a standardized curriculum with intensive catch-up help in a bid to bring struggling students up to grade level.
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