Our Work: Public Policy:

2008 Legislative Session

The Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiatives at Tulane tracks and provides a weekly update to educators and administrators on pre-filed bills and those filed during legislative session related to pre K-12 education, especially those that affect schools in New Orleans. We also provide updates on what bills related to pre K-12 education come up in the House and Senate Education Committees.

Here's an archive of the weekly emails:

June 23

If you would like more information on specific bills, please contact Nash Molpus at 504-274-3686 or nmolpus@tulane.edu.

Local public schools are invited to apply for a Jones Scholar intern for the Spring 2009 semester. [Read more…]

The second annual State of Public Education in New Orleans report was released in April 2008 [Read more…]

We are currently accepting proposals from Tulane researchers for the Fall 2008 Faculty Research Grant Program. [Read more...]

Visit the Education Transformation Archive – a powerful tool for informing and influencing the transformation of public education in New Orleans.

The Cowen Institute donated office space and is co-located with three of our partner organizations: New Schools for New Orleans, New Leaders for New Schools, and The New Teacher project.