Education
Don’t Just Pay Teachers, Empower Them
Louisiana is now less than one month away from the gubernatorial primary when individuals will vote for [...]
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Public Comment to BESE: Don’t Water Down Louisiana Graduation Standards
Public Hearing Set for August 25 The official public comment period for the Louisiana Board of Elementary [...]
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New LEAP Scores: Student Achievement in Louisiana Improving, Still Not Fully Recovered from COVID Pandemic
Last week, the Louisiana Department of Education released the results of the 2022-2023 Louisiana [...]
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Is Louisiana’s New Public School Choice Law Working?
In 2014, the Louisiana Legislature passed a law allowing parents and legal guardians of students enrolled [...]
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Have Louisiana’s Students Improved? We’ll Find Out Soon.
Students in Louisiana suffered damaging learning loss during the COVID-19 pandemic, and billions of [...]
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Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall
It’s election season again. And like clockwork, some politicians have pulled out their old talking points [...]
Read moreLouisiana’s Top Education Board Proposes High School Diplomas for Students Failing State Tests
Yes, you read that right. In a state still ranked in the bottom ten nationally for student achievement, [...]
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What the Legislature Did (and Didn’t Do) on Education
Legislation on crime, taxes, and the state’s budget dominated much of Louisiana’s 2023 Regular Session, [...]
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LOUISIANA HOUSE VOTES ON SCHOOL CHOICE RELATED BILL
Baton Rouge — The Louisiana House of Representatives vote on House Bill 98 sends a strong message that [...]
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