Education
Teacher Pension Debt Hits a Whopping $11.1 Billion
Louisiana’s retirement debt costs the state $1 of every $4 in annual state aid allocated to public [...]
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Transparent School Accountability is Critical to Louisiana’s Recovery
It’s time to get serious about how our education system is preparing students for their futures. [...]
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True College and Career Readiness Should Be Our Priority
Louisiana K-12 schools have begun putting billions of federal recovery dollars to use to help students [...]
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Education Savings Accounts Should Be Part of Louisiana’s Comeback Strategy
As thousands of southeast Louisiana students and their families struggle once again to resume schooling [...]
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We Can Do Better For Our Children
This week, following public testimony and in response to stakeholder feedback, the state Board of [...]
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Pre-Pandemic Status Quo Should Not Be the Goal
The Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) released spring 2021 LEAP test results, showing declines in [...]
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Louisiana School Accountability Needs a Reset
The education policy community in Louisiana has been in a heated debate over the last several months over [...]
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The School Accountability System Should be Simple and Transparent
In just a few weeks, the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) will vote on whether to [...]
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Jefferson Parish School Board Members Lead the Charge on Transparency Veto Override
As the legislature attempts to override the governor’s vetoes on various bills, one bill that we have [...]
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