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  • 02.04.2025

    Fewer Teachers Leaving Louisiana Schools

    • Education & Workforce

    The ranks of Louisiana’s K-12 public school teachers grew for a second consecutive year. Traditional and charter public schools gained 843 teachers and set a new record of 52,808 educators during the 2023-24 school year.

  • 09.10.2024

    TOPS Participation & Demographics

    • Education & Workforce

    The number of students receiving free college tuition through Louisiana’s TOPS program has dropped for the third consecutive year, most likely an effect of declining college enrollment. Part 3 of a three-part series looking at public K-12 education and higher education in Louisiana.

  • 08.29.2024

    Federal Student Aid

    • Education & Workforce

    The rate of Louisiana high school seniors applying for college financial aid fell over the last year, fueling worries about the state’s shrinking higher education-bound population. Part 2 of a three-part series looking at public K-12 education and higher education in Louisiana.

  • 08.19.2024

    Public School Enrollment & Demographics

    • Education & Workforce

    With the start of the new school year, students are returning to emptier classrooms as the total enrollment in Louisiana’s public schools declines to its lowest level in 16 years. Part 1 of a three-part series looking at public K-12 education and higher education in Louisiana.

  • 04.29.2024

    Budget Debate Focuses on Education

    • Budget & Taxes
    • Education & Workforce

    The state budget crafted by the Louisiana House steers new money to public school programs at the expense of early childhood education, while maintaining the governor’s push to grow spending on state prisons and police.

  • 03.26.2024

    Expanding School Choice

    • Budget & Taxes
    • Education & Workforce

    Education savings accounts are the newest, most expansive evolution of school choice programs in the United States, already adopted by several states and under consideration in many others, including Louisiana. The programs promise to revolutionize how K-12 education is structured, steering public tax dollars to private educational options for students.

  • 08.22.2023

    RESET: Early Childhood Education

    • Education & Workforce
    • RESET

    Louisiana should maintain a strong school accountability system, rigorous K-12 academic standards and a focus on early literacy, while building upon a wide and dynamic array of education choices for students and parents.

  • 08.22.2023

    RESET: Higher Education/Workforce

    • Education & Workforce
    • RESET

    Louisiana should reset the focus of postsecondary education with the specific goals of providing affordability for Louisiana students, equitably increasing the education attainment levels of its citizens and enhancing the competitiveness of its institutions.

  • 08.15.2023

    RESET: K-12 Education

    • Education & Workforce
    • RESET

    Louisiana should maintain a strong school accountability system, rigorous K12 academic standards and a focus on early literacy, while building upon a wide and dynamic array of education choices for students and parents.

  • 07.10.2023

    Law Enforcement Pay

    • Budget & Taxes
    • Education & Workforce

    Part 4 of a four-part series addressing public employee compensation in Louisiana.

  • 07.05.2023

    Teacher Compensation

    • Education & Workforce

    Part 3 of a four-part series addressing public employee compensation in Louisiana.

  • 02.13.2023

    Louisiana’s Declining College Enrollment

    • Education & Workforce

    Louisiana is heading towards a higher education enrollment cliff as experts predict a rapid drop in college-age individuals beginning in 2025.

  • 09.27.2022

    Rising Cost of Higher Education

    • Budget & Taxes
    • Education & Workforce

    Louisiana students and their families are bearing more of the costs of attending college, after years of declining state financing for public universities and ballooning tuition costs. The state-financed TOPS free college tuition program is filling some of those gaps for families, but with certain schools and students benefitting more than others.

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