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 June 26, 2024BESE Adopts Improved K-12 Education Accountability System; New “Study Group” Aims to Dismantle ItEarlier this month, Louisiana’s State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) unanimously [...]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 Ellen Carmichael on May 18, 2015Charter Schools Deserve Freedom of ChoiceThe issue is whether charter school leadership will make the decision on when or whether to return to the [...]Read more
Posted by Ben Kilpatrick on July 9, 2013School Choice Is Opening Doors, Not Building WallsThe view from Robert Mann’s ivory tower in Baton Rouge does not offer a clear perspective on the [...]Read more
Posted by Trent Hill on June 11, 2013Freedom Drives Success in New Orleans Charter School RevolutionReforms made after the storm have transformed the New Orleans public education system, with the most [...]Read more
Posted by Editor on September 20, 2012Louisiana’s Foray Into Modular EducationIt is no surprise that this policy comes out of Louisiana, a state that has led the way in school choice [...]Read more
Posted by Kevin Mooney on April 20, 2012Term Limitations Needed to Allow for “Fresh Ideas” on School BoardsFolded within the tenure reform bill Gov. Bobby Jindal has signed into law are several changes to local [...]Read more
Posted by Kevin Mooney on October 21, 2011Student Based Budgeting Viewed as Logical Extension of Charter School MovementStrong performing charter schools in the Recovery School District (RSD) make a compelling case for even [...]Read more