Aubri Juhasz
Aubri Juhasz is the education reporter for New Orleans Public Radio. Before coming to New Orleans, she was a producer for National Public Radio’s All Things Considered. She helped lead the show's technology and book coverage and reported her own feature stories, including the surge in cycling deaths in New York City and the decision by some states to offer competitive video gaming to high school students as an extracurricular activity.
She grew up on Long Island and holds a bachelor's degree in English and political science from Barnard College, Columbia University.
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Schools are open in Philadelphia, but tens of thousands of students have been sent home early this week because it's too hot in their unairconditioned classrooms.
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A growing number of states are setting up state-funded education savings accounts, or ESAs, to give more students education opportunities outside of public schools. This year, Louisiana would have joined them if not for a pair of vetoes by Gov. John Bel Edwards. But Republican lawmakers and lobbyists have shown their willingness to bide their time in hopes of securing a victory in the next major battle for school choice. -
Guaranteed income programs are often associated with big cities. A new program aims to help residents in rural Georgia.
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A 100-year-old ban on jazz music and dancing in New Orleans' public schools has finally been lifted — though it was never really enforced.
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Mardi Gras parades are back in New Orleans this month and over the last few weeks, dozens of high school marching bands have returned to the streets.
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The bands may be smaller this year, but students say they're prepared to keep the culture alive and entertain hundreds of thousands of revelers.
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Louisiana has few policies in place to help schools prepare for or recover from hurricanes. Now, a new commission will bring together experts and educators to brainstorm solutions.
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Critical race theory has pushed back the review of state social studies standards. But the new standards don’t ever mention the concept.
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More than a dozen historically Black colleges and universities received bomb threats early this week prompting campus lockdowns and investigations on at least two Louisiana school campuses.
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With winter weather heading for parts of southeast Louisiana, government offices and schools are in the process of deciding whether to close or remain open.
