Education
Louisiana’s TANF Woes Are Connected to DCFS Concerns
Over the past few months, tragedies involving abused and neglected children and a “toxic” work [...]
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All Schools In Louisiana Matter
Earlier this week, I read an article about the alarming decline in student achievement in public schools [...]
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Pelican Institute Releases School Board Candidate Questions
There is much work to be done to ensure that Louisiana’s kids are prepared for success and that our [...]
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How are federal COVID recovery dollars being used to reverse student learning loss?
A few weeks ago, we wrote about Louisiana public school students’ performance on the 2022 Louisiana [...]
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Are Louisiana Schools Preparing Kids for College and Careers?
Louisiana’s Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) has been considering changes to the K-12 [...]
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School Accountability Improvements Deferred, but Parents Want Change
Earlier this week, the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) voted to approve just one [...]
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Louisiana’s 2022 LEAP Scores: Some Improvement, But A Long Way to Go
The Louisiana Department of Education recently released public school students’ Louisiana Assessment of [...]
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Basic Literacy & Numeracy Should be the Least We Expect From Our Public Schools
Last week at a meeting where local school superintendents were reviewing proposed new state K-12 [...]
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Making Sense of School Rankings and Ratings: Parents Just Want it Straight
WalletHub just released another report in which it ranked Louisiana 49th in education. Around the same [...]
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