Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana High School Diplomas: The Latest Participation Trophies?
Last week, the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education called an emergency meeting to consider [...]
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How Well is Louisiana Preparing Students for Careers?
For years, business and industry have complained that high school graduates aren’t arriving to the [...]
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Let’s Look at Tutoring and Recovery of Learning Loss
This week’s State of the Union address by President Biden included a brief mention of education that some [...]
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BESE Workgroup Identifies Problems in Louisiana’s K-12 Education Accountability System; Potential Solutions Discussed
Last week, a subgroup of State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) members tasked by the [...]
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As Education Budgets Grow, We Should Increase Transparency
Two weeks ago, Governor Edwards unveiled his proposed state budget for fiscal year 2022-2023. Given the [...]
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What Enrollment Trends Can Tell Us About School Choice
Around this time last year, you probably saw the news about Louisiana public school enrollment dropping [...]
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Is Value-Added Data Adding Value in Louisiana’s School Accountability System?
If you’ve paid any attention to K-12 education reform in Louisiana over the past several years, [...]
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True College and Career Readiness Should Be Our Priority
Louisiana K-12 schools have begun putting billions of federal recovery dollars to use to help students [...]
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Pre-Pandemic Status Quo Should Not Be the Goal
The Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) released spring 2021 LEAP test results, showing declines in [...]
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