Louisiana reinvents high school with private sector help
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s latest plans to reinvent public education with the aid of the business community will accelerate this fall with the launch of a novel program that lets high school...
View ArticleUS Justice Department suing Louisiana to stop school vouchers
The U.S. Department of Justice filed papers in a New Orleans federal district court Saturday to block implementation of Louisiana’s school voucher program, which allows disadvantaged students to attend...
View ArticleGOP Leaders Demand Answers on Administration’s Attempt to Shut Down Louisiana...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Republican leaders today sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder expressing concerns about the Obama administration’s effort to shut down a successful private school...
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The Louisiana Scholarship Program : Education Next
The Louisiana Scholarship Program (LSP), also known as the Student Scholarships for Educational Excellence Program, provides public funds for low-income students in low-performing public schools to...
View ArticleLouisiana poet laureate Ava Leavell Haymon leads William Stafford program:...
Haymon’s most recent poetry collection is Eldest Daughter, published by Louisiana State University Press. She has written three previous collections, Why the House Is Made of Gingerbread, Kitchen Heat,...
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Why the Louisiana Science Education Act Disqualifies Bobby Jindal From...
In his very first term in office as Louisiana Governor, Bobby Jindal signed the nation’s most absurd and most regressive “science education law” in modern America, the misnamed and misguided Louisiana...
View ArticleLouisiana District Agrees to Improve Services for English-Language Learners –...
Louisiana’s Jefferson Parish school system—the target of a pair of civil rights complaints stemming from its services for English-language learners—has agreed to an array of new policies and programs...
View ArticleJudge Reaffirms Student-Data Order in Louisiana Voucher Case – The School Law...
A federal judge is standing by his order that Louisiana must provide student data to the federal government about its private-school voucher program under a nearly 40-year-old statewide desegregation...
View ArticleLouisiana Sea Grant 2015 Knauss Finalist Named | Louisiana Sea Grant
Emily Smith2015 John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship Finalist Emily Smith has been named a finalist for the 2015 John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship. She was nominated by Louisiana Sea Grant....
View ArticleThe Estate of George Rodrigue Releases Posthumous “Blue Dog” Print to Benefit...
New limited edition print release from the George Rodrigue Estate “Take Five” All sales to benefit the George Rodrigue Foundation of the Arts & the LSU School of Music Click here to get yours...
View ArticleLouisiana higher education officials talk about potential cuts to colleges...
Higher education officials are optimistic that the final cut to Louisiana’s colleges and universities won’t be as high as recently has been suggested, but if it stays up anywhere near the level...
View ArticleHome-schooling way up, private school enrollment down in Louisiana
Parishes with the most home study students, 2014-15 East Baton Rouge 731 Calcasieu 729 Lafayette 568 St. Tammany 559 Acadia 467 Source: Louisiana Department of Education St. Tammany Parish has the most...
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Retrospective exhibit covers paintings by Louisiana artist George Rodrigue,
The art of the late George Rodrigue, famous for his Blue Dog paintings, is arranged chronologically in the satellite gallery at West Ave., allowing the viewer to follow the artist’s path from dark...
View Article3 ways Louisiana might increase the cost of higher education for students
How can Louisiana resolve its $ 1.6 billion budget shortfall and drive more money into higher education? Well, one way is to ask students to pay more for college and graduate school. The Louisiana...
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