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Avery White/WWNOResearch shows that many children don’t read enough and are behind when they return to school. One way to encourage more reading, experts say, is to let them read what they want. -
Jonathan Bachman/APThe 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a decades-old desegregation mandate for the Concordia Parish School Board. The school system has been a focal point in the Trump administration’s attempt to end legal cases dating back to the Civil Rights era.
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Most teachers in East Baton Rouge Parish public schools will get a raise if the school board approves Superintendent LaMont Cole’s proposed budget. -
A high school in the Bywater focused on coastal restoration and sustainability is set to close this summer. It leaves a unique legacy. -
The Baltimore-based organization partnered with the budding hip-hop star to bring its social-emotional learning curriculum to a New Orleans high school. -
Voters across Louisiana will decide this month whether to let the new City of St. George form its own school district. -
A bipartisan bill that would make it easier for parents in Louisiana to win special education disputes has the full backing of the House education committee. -
East Baton Rouge Parish public schools could lose more than 5,500 students and $100 million in state and local funding if the City of St. George forms its own school district, according to EBR Schools. -
Dr. Kim Hunter Reed said the Murphy J. Foster Promise Program has quickly become one of Louisiana’s most popular workforce developments. -
State efforts to reduce testing have received broad support, though some educators warn the latest changes could make it harder for English learners to graduate. -
The attorneys general referred to prohibitive security fees as the “assassin’s veto,” a play on the “heckler’s veto,” a phenomenon in which a controversial speaker’s right to free speech is curtailed by an overwhelming negative response. -
Eleven high school bands in the East Baton Rouge Parish School System have outdated uniforms — or none at all.
