Posted by Erin Bendily, Ph.D. on April 28, 2025LA GATOR: 40,000 Louisiana Families Await Funding for A School That Fits“When will we know if LA GATOR is funded and my child is approved?” This is the question we’re getting [...]Read more
Posted by Erin Bendily, Ph.D. on August 29, 2024How Is Louisiana’s K-12 Education Funding Being Spent?National education researcher Mark Schneider from American Enterprise Institute recently wrote about the [...]Read more
Posted by on February 18, 2024Reading and Math are Louisiana K-12 Education Priorities, but Are School Systems Prioritizing Them?A recent news article highlighted Louisiana State Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley’s [...]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 March 6, 2023It’s Public School Choice Month in Louisiana!In a move that hasn’t gotten a lot of public attention, the legislature, governor, and state Board of [...]Read more
Posted by Erin Bendily, Ph.D. on December 1, 2022Small Gains In Reading, Still A Ways to GoThis week the Louisiana Department of Education released the annual Fall 2022 Reading Report, which is a [...]Read more
Posted by Erin Bendily, Ph.D. on November 8, 2022Why Aren’t Schools Using Their Funding to Help Kids Prepare for College and Careers?Last week, the Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) shared a document with members of the State Board [...]Read more
Posted by Erin Bendily, Ph.D. on August 17, 2022Louisiana’s 2022 LEAP Scores: Some Improvement, But A Long Way to GoThe Louisiana Department of Education recently released public school students’ Louisiana Assessment of [...]Read more
Posted by Erin Bendily, Ph.D. on January 25, 2022What Enrollment Trends Can Tell Us About School ChoiceAround this time last year, you probably saw the news about Louisiana public school enrollment dropping [...]Read more