Charter Schools Deserve Freedom of Choice

By Ellen Carmichael

05/18/2015

The issue is whether charter school leadership will make the decision on when or whether to return to the OPSB or whether the legislature in Baton Rouge will.

TAGS: Charter Schools, Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools, Orleans Parish School Board, Recovery School District

Freedom Drives Success in New Orleans Charter School Revolution

By Trent Hill

06/11/2013

Reforms made after the storm have transformed the New Orleans public education system, with the most notable of these changes dubbed the “charter school revolution.”

TAGS: Charter Schools, Education, Education Reform, Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools, Recovery School District

Gov. Jindal’s Proposed Partnership Between Charter Schools and Business Elicits Positive Response

By Kevin Mooney

01/25/2011

‘National School Choice Week’ Highlights Success Stories, Teachers Unions Remain Skeptical

TAGS: Bobby Jindal, Brigitte Nieland, Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools, National School Choice Week

A Tax Plan for Our Brighter Future

A Tax Plan for Our Brighter Future paper-digital In Louisiana’s Comeback: A Tax Reform for Our Brighter Future, the Pelican Institute identifies the state’s significant tax problems and proposes a path to set the state in a brighter direction, including flattening the personal and corporate income taxes to 3.5% rates, reducing the number of tax preferences, eliminating...

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