Education, K-12

— Reset: K12

May 1, 2019 | by MCloutet | Education, K-12

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High Stakes for High Standards

May 10, 2015 | by MCloutet | Education, K-12

Open Letter to Superintendent White Re: Accountability in Education Reforms

July 9, 2012 | by MCloutet | Education, K-12

Commentary on the 2012 Regular Legislative Session: Part I – Education

June 7, 2012 | by MCloutet | Commentaries, Education, K-12

Reform of K-12 education was the dominant issue of the 2012 Regular Legislative Session. Elementary, secondary and early childhood education preoccupied lawmakers in the early weeks as the governor and his allies pushed through four major pieces of legislation focused on school choice (House Bill 976/Act 2), teacher tenure (House Bill 974/Act 1), school tuition […]

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PAR Says Strengthen Accountability to Strengthen Education Reforms

March 10, 2012 | by MCloutet | Education, K-12

Check each high school’s dropout prevention target

October 11, 2011 | by MCloutet | Education, K-12

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A Future at Risk: Meeting the Challenge of Louisiana’s High School Dropout Problem

October 11, 2011 | by MCloutet | Education, K-12

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Charter Schools in Louisiana

March 11, 2010 | by MCloutet | Education, K-12, New Orleans

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Short session, short on ideas, June 2009

June 21, 2009 | by MCloutet | Budget & Fiscal Reforms, Constitution, Constitutional Amendments, Education, Accountability, Education, Higher, Education, K-12, Ethics, Health Care Policy, Homestead Exemption

PAR says keep eighth-grade LEAP standards intact

May 19, 2009 | by MCloutet | Commentaries, Education, Accountability, Education, K-12

Currently, an eighth-grade student in Louisiana must score at least at the Basic level in either English/Language Arts or Mathematics on the LEAP test and at the Approaching Basic level in the other area to be promoted to the ninth grade. Two bills being considered by the Legislature would lower that standard for overage eighth-graders. […]

Tags: 2009