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Compare 2024 school performance scores for NOLa charters
By Marta Jewson The Lens The Louisiana Department of Education released state school performance scores last Wednesday (Nov. 20) morning. Once again, the NOLA Public
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Louisiana Legislature passes permanent teacher pay proposal; voters to decide its fate
By Piper Hutchinson Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Two pieces of legislation that would make a temporary pay raise for K-12 teachers and school support workers
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By Piper Hutchinson Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Two pieces of legislation aimed at making a temporary teacher pay raise permanent advanced Tuesday in the Louisiana Legislature. ‘Catastrophic’: Superintendent resigns amid district’s $36 million gaffe
By Marta Jewson The Lens NOLA Public Schools Superintendent Avis Williams formally announced her resignation last Thursday morning, following a $36 million budgeting gaffe that’s left schools in dire financial straits. The Black School hosts 5th Black Love Fest, plans for Schoolhouse groundbreaking
By Makenna Mincey Contributing Writer From self-love to prison abolition, a burgeoning project called The Black School is piloting an open arts school concept centered around empowering African Americans to take ... LSU to further dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion programs
By Piper Hutchinson Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) – The LSU Board of Supervisors passed a resolution Thursday to eliminate some diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs in its university system. Biden’s student loan relief plan suffers another setback in Missouri ruling
By Shauneen Miranda Contributing Writer (States Newsroom) — The Biden administration was hit with the latest blow to its student debt efforts last week (Oct. 3) after a federal judge in Missouri ... Cohen High School renames library in honor of La. Supreme Court Justice Bernette J. Johnson (Ret.)
By C. C. Campbell-Rock Contributing Writer “You have served as a shining example of what can happen and what you can be when you set your goals to do so. And ... Grambling installs youngest HBCU President
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer Grambling State University honored its new president, Dr. Martin Lemelle Jr., in an investiture ceremony on campus on September 6. Gov. Landry bans teaching of critical race theory in schools
By Piper Hutchinson Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry issued an executive order on Tuesday (Aug. 27) prohibiting the teaching of critical race theory in Louisiana K-12 public schools.
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