Posted by Erin Bendily, Ph.D. on October 3, 2023New Poll: Louisiana Voters Want Education Freedom for Their KidsLouisiana voters are constantly hearing candidates for governor and legislature talk about crime and [...]Read more
Posted by Erin Bendily, Ph.D. on August 9, 2023New LEAP Scores: Student Achievement in Louisiana Improving, Still Not Fully Recovered from COVID PandemicLast week, the Louisiana Department of Education released the results of the 2022-2023 Louisiana [...]Read more
Posted by Erin Bendily, Ph.D. on July 26, 2023Have Louisiana’s Students Improved? We’ll Find Out Soon.Students in Louisiana suffered damaging learning loss during the COVID-19 pandemic, and billions of [...]Read more
Posted by Erin Bendily, Ph.D. on July 5, 2023Louisiana’s Top Education Board Proposes High School Diplomas for Students Failing State TestsYes, you read that right. In a state still ranked in the bottom ten nationally for student achievement, [...]Read more
Posted by on June 29, 2023Don’t Fear the RobotsSuddenly, artificial intelligence (AI) seems to be everywhere, especially in the news. As with most [...]Read more
Posted by Erin Bendily, Ph.D. on June 23, 2023What the Legislature Did (and Didn’t Do) on EducationLegislation on crime, taxes, and the state’s budget dominated much of Louisiana’s 2023 Regular Session, [...]Read more
Posted by Erin Bendily, Ph.D. on April 4, 2023VALUING LEARNING OVER TIME LEARNING: IS LOUISIANA READY?For years, American schools have based student promotion from one grade level to the next and ultimately [...]Read more
Posted by Erin Bendily, Ph.D. on March 27, 2023Bills, policy proposals, and campaign platforms, oh my! But what makes for good education policy?It’s that season again, where education policy proposals abound. Another class of high school seniors [...]Read more
Posted by Erin Bendily, Ph.D. on October 26, 2022Op-Ed: Louisiana NAEP Results: Higher Rankings, But Fewer Students AchievingOriginally published in The Center Square The U.S. Department of Education released 2022 results for the [...]Read more