Posted by Erin Bendily, Ph.D. on October 31, 2025LA GATOR: Fund the PromiseLouisiana’s education landscape took a transformative turn in 2024 with the creation of the Louisiana [...]Read more
Posted by Erin Bendily, Ph.D. on October 23, 2025Recent Education Hearing Explores Student Pipeline to Meet Louisiana’s Workforce NeedsOn October 8, 2025, Louisiana’s House Education Committee held a hearing at the LSU Health Sciences [...]Read more
Posted by Erin Bendily, Ph.D. on July 7, 2025Louisiana public schools showing some gains; do families still need choice?For the past several months, state K-12 education officials have touted Louisiana’s climb to 32nd in the [...]Read more
Posted by Erin Bendily, Ph.D. on June 2, 2025Why Are Schools Discontinuing Advanced Courses for Students?Some parents reached out to us a few weeks ago after their child’s middle school announced that Algebra I [...]Read more
Posted by on May 20, 2025Strings Attached: How Federal Funding Affects State and Local PoliciesChange—some of it much-needed—is coming in the relationship between federal and state governments. As [...]Read more
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 April 3, 2025New K-12 School Transparency Project: See How Public School Funding is Being Used to Educate Students Across LouisianaHow the government spends money matters. It matters because it’s the people’s money, given to meet [...]Read more
Posted by Erin Bendily, Ph.D. on March 5, 2025Expanding Course Options for Louisiana Public School Students: What Parents Need to KnowAs a parent, you want your child to have every opportunity to succeed—whether that means getting into a [...]Read more
Posted by Erin Bendily, Ph.D. on November 4, 2024Why Are Louisiana’s Public School Leaders Still Not Spending the Money They’ve Been Allocated to Help Students Learn?We’ve written about this before—millions of dollars from state coffers allocated to Louisiana high [...]Read more