Nine metro-area students are among the many 21 finalists introduced Tuesday for the state Student of the Year awards. The New Orleans Business Alliance and United Way are partnering with New Orleans’ three historically Black universities to reduce the financial burden on students and encourage them to remain in New Orleans after commencement. Field of candidates for New Orleans colleges superintendent cut from 15 to 7. Dillard, Xavier and Southern focused in current weeks, as have been other Black schools in U.S. The Orleans Parish School Board officially reversed the 100-year-old ban on jazz music and jazz dancing in schools,…