Education

Show me the money indeed. Centre College, in Danville. Kentucky, got the gift of a lifetime this week when it received a $250 million donation.

The weather might be more ice cream trucks and long days at the pool, but the calendar is inching towards yellow buses and new backpacks. Every parent knows about back-to-school clothes and back-to-school supplies, but nowadays, back-to-school apps are just as important.

When your kids go back to school, it’s almost like you go back to school, too. Teachers and childhood development professionals agree that when a child’s parents are involved in his education, he learns more and gets better grades. That means, you have just as big a responsibility in his schoolwork as he does.

Gov. Bobby Jindal's attempt to restructure early childhood education hit a roadblock in the Legislature.

Lafayette Parish schools may make it easier to become a substitute school bus driver.

Now that she’s got the high school diploma, it’s time to start thinking about college applications.

How early is too early to teach sex education? That question is about to be asked again, thanks to a controversial move in Chicago.

There will be a few school closures in Jeff Davis Parish on Wednesday.

Here is the list of school closures for Thursday.

Just 54 teachers in Louisiana achieved certification in 2012 from a well-regarded national teaching organization.

Louisiana's public schools are starting a three-year shift to more rigorous testing of public school students, using a set of uniform standards designed to better prepare students for college and careers.

On Thursday, Supriya Jindal will be visiting 4 kindergarten classrooms at Our Lady of Fatima School on Johnston Street.

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Some Lafayette Parish School Board members want more police stationed at middle and high school campuses, but criminal activity at the schools doesn't warrant the added officers, the supervisor of the district's school resource officers says...

Pre-kindergarten education and readiness is becoming a priority in Louisiana.

The interview process is ongoing, but will come to an end soon.

A record number of schools in Louisiana earned an "A" this year, according to school report cards released Monday by the Louisiana Department of Education.

A vote to make a major change across the state.

The arguments for the lawsuit were meant to be this Monday, but have now been re-scheduled.

The plan will institute a fee of $7.50 per credit hour up to a maximum of 15 credit hours. The fee is expected to generate an additional $2.7 million in funds for campus improvements.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released its Education at a Glance 2012 report, and two of its conclusions jumped out at us: 1) countries that spend more on education tend to have more highly educated populations, and 2) the more educated you are, the more likely you are to be employed. While that may not sound too surprising, it’s an important reminder of just how