Louisiana Department of Education
Strings Attached: How Federal Funding Affects State and Local Policies
Change—some of it much-needed—is coming in the relationship between federal and state governments. As [...]
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Meet the Pelican Leadership Academy Class of 2025
Isabella Albano Policy Associate, Pelican Institute for Public Policy Baton Rouge Meghan Amador [...]
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LA 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 [...]
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New K-12 School Transparency Project: See How Public School Funding is Being Used to Educate Students Across Louisiana
How the government spends money matters. It matters because it’s the people’s money, given to meet [...]
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Expanding Course Options for Louisiana Public School Students: What Parents Need to Know
As a parent, you want your child to have every opportunity to succeed—whether that means getting into a [...]
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How Is Louisiana’s K-12 Education Funding Being Spent?
National education researcher Mark Schneider from American Enterprise Institute recently wrote about the [...]
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Reading 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 [...]
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New LEAP Scores: Student Achievement in Louisiana Improving, Still Not Fully Recovered from COVID Pandemic
Last week, the Louisiana Department of Education released the results of the 2022-2023 Louisiana [...]
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Small Gains In Reading, Still A Ways to Go
This week the Louisiana Department of Education released the annual Fall 2022 Reading Report, which is a [...]
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