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Schools Showcase Growth in Latest SPS Scores

The state has released the 2024 SPS scores, while we have not yet reached our Widely Important Goal of getting all of our schools to a “C” by 2025, the growth we are seeing across the board is an indication that we are on our way!

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Donor Spotlight: Partners from the Ground Up: New Orleans Town Gardeners

We are thrilled to announce the launch of a new Donor Spotlight section on FirstLine’s website, which will highlight our most loyal partners and supporters. It feels fitting that our first profile celebrates the New Orleans Town Gardeners (NOTG)–one of FirstLine’s oldest community partners, with our collaboration dating back to New Orleans Charter Middle School, the precursor to ֱ.

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Driving Instructional Excellence: A Conversation with Erica Winston, Director of Teacher Development

Erica Winston is an accomplished education professional with over a decade of experience transforming teaching and leadership in charter schools across New Orleans. A Harvard Graduate School of Education alumna, Winston has consistently driven significant improvements in teacher effectiveness and student performance through innovative coaching strategies and professional development programs.

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Hands-On Discovery: Inside Ms. Cerda’s Dynamic Grade-Level Experiences

In the heart of the Freret neighborhood, a dedicated teacher is revolutionizing the 3rd grade experience with a series of innovative, immersive learning adventures. Ms. Cerda, a veteran educator at Samuel J. Green, a FirstLine School, has spent the last decade and a half crafting and refining what she calls “signature grade-level experiences” – a set of traditions that have become the hallmark of the third-grade curriculum. We recently sat down with Ms. Cerda to talk about how these experiences enhance student engagement and learning, and help to build positive, transformational relationships between students and teachers.

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