BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal celebrated a major achievement of his young second term Wednesday by signing legislation making sweeping changes to public education in the state.
Jindal chose a private, Catholic school as the s…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s fragmented system of publicly funded prekindergarten and early childhood education programs will be coordinated and graded on a statewide scale.
The state Senate gave final passage to the measure sought by Gov. …
Over the objections of teachers’ unions and many Democrats, Louisiana’s Republican governor and GOP-controlled legislature have crafted one of the most exhaustive education overhauls of any state in the country, through measures that will dramat…
Continue Reading →BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — East Baton Rouge Parish school administrators are considering regular school-wide sweeps where all students would be searched for guns and other weapons at randomly selected schools.
The Advocate reports (http://bit.ly/I4dL…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Legislation making it tougher for Louisiana public school teachers to earn and keep the job protection known as tenure won state Senate approval 23-16 on Wednesday, edging Gov. Bobby Jindal closer to the major legislative a…
Continue Reading →BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Louisiana House backed Gov. Bobby Jindal’s proposal to get rid of the statewide teacher pay scale and to make it tougher for teachers to get the job protection known as tenure, in a 60-43 vote, giving the bill final pas…
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Gov. Bobby Jindal won his bid to overhaul the shape of public education in Louisiana, when the House gave final legislative passage Thursday to the governor’s centerpiece proposals.
The bills will make it tougher for teachers to rea…
Baton Rouge, La.
Gov. Bobby Jindal won his bid to overhaul the shape of public education in Louisiana, when the House gave final legislative passage Thursday to the governor’s centerpiece proposals.
The bills will make it tougher for teachers to rea…
Published Online: April 5, 2012
Baton Rouge, La.
Legislation making it tougher for Louisiana public school teachers to earn and keep the job protection known as tenure won state Senate approval 23-16 on Wednesday, edging Gov. Bobby Jindal closer t…
Published Online: March 16, 2012
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The East Baton Rouge Parish school system is sending its 6,000-plus employees a letter letting them know they could be laid off to balance the system’s books.
The Advocate reports (http://…