Behind The Lens

Recent Episodes

Behind The Lens episode 64: 'It's a direct reaction to what was a big problem at one high school.'

Posted January 18, 2020 • 00:19:13

NOLA Public Schools has adopts a new high school credit review program, and plans are moving ahead for the $675 million dollar hotel project at the...

Behind The Lens episode 63: 'There's going to be unsheltered homeless people until we dedicate the resources to house them permanently.'

Posted January 12, 2020 • 00:43:56

Parents fight for the education rights of special needs children, we explore the reality of the city's unsheltered homeless, and the Army Corps is sued...

Behind The Lens episode 62: 'My wish is that we start to view this for what it is, which is a civil rights issue.'

Posted January 4, 2020 • 00:38:27

We look back at the grading scandal that rocked Kennedy High School, plans to change how Entergy is regulated, and the negative impacts of a decentralized...

Behind The Lens episode 61: 'Even if a school is not performing well, parents generally don't want to see this overturn every year.'

Posted December 22, 2019 • 00:20:18

Two New Orleans schools won't have their charters renewed, concerns over diversity postpone a vote for a Convention Center architect, and local groups...

Behind The Lens episode 60: ‘I think a lot of people assumed that this was a fix for special education, and it wasn’t quite that’

Posted December 14, 2019 • 00:24:08

An in-depth report on the state of special education in New Orleans, and how downsizing Convention Center Boulevard could impact traffic through the...