education

It's Teacher Appreciation Week and our teachers deserve much better than they are getting

Teaching kids how to manage money responsibly could soon become part of public school curriculum across the state.

One Louisiana Senator believes everyone who qualified for the TOPS program should at least get something. His plan will be debated in the Senate this week.

A new survey done by LSU finds that Louisiana voters are becoming less comfortable with the idea of Common Core in our state's schools.

If you're tired of all the polls that say our state is inferior, you'll love this.

Louisiana schools are consistently under performing according to a new report issued by Education Week Magazine.

You can't tell the players without a program. Here is the latest on the very hot topic of Common Core.

Right now, the State of Louisiana is in a program called Common Core and , as I understand it, teachers are not fond of it. The teachers argue that Common Core will turn students into a generation of test takers with no practical experience and that could very well be the case. the only arguement, as I see it, from BESE is that, 'it's what were doing and we have to keep doing what were doing.' Oop

Let's face it. Local educators do take an awful lot of heat. Between reports that indicate that education in this area is substandard and a general dissatisfaction with the schools in general, there is very little good news coming from that arena. It's very nice to be able to pass along a story of success in the area of education.No less than 20 area schools have been recognized for excellence. Wh

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