louisiana department of education

Summer just started and July 4th is next week but schools across Louisiana are already getting ready for the first day of class. When is that for your parish?

A new Louisiana law just went into effect and could be the reason hundreds of Louisiana students won't be allowed to move on to fourth grade.

As Brumley notes, the Title IX proposed rule "sits in direct opposition to Louisiana law."

Several Lafayette Parish schools earned top marks for the 2022 school year, and there were no failing grades on the parish's report card.

In response to Louisiana’s literacy crisis, State Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley has proposed mandatory summer school.

Seven area educators are up for the awards.

The amount paid per student would remain frozen at the current rate of $3,961.

ULL and LSU will serve as co-chairs of the Louisiana Educator Research Consortium for five years.

The new Web site--that will launch Tuesday--will offer parents the option to search for and compare Louisiana schools.

The state's public school students increased average ACT scores for the 4th year in a row, from 19.1 in 2013 to 19.6 today.

By hoping to make our students stronger will these new standards actually make our students softer in other aspects of life?

The higher education board decided Friday to delete the proposed change from a set of recommendations.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Jefferson Parish middle school threw out 145 of its students' state standardized LEAP tests in the 2015-16 school year, the highest number of tests tossed at a single school. Those were among the findings of the state education department's annual testing irregularity report...

The portal allows parents. teachers and others the opportunity to provide input on Louisiana's Student Standards for science.

Louisiana will receive nearly $6.1 million over five years.

Lafayette Parish School Board Member Justin Centanni discusses the great news.

Lafayette Parish is better aligning itself with the state education department's standards-based grading.

Louisiana's education department is getting a nearly $67 million grant to strengthen teacher training in rural school systems.

Superintendent of Education John White is asking private schools to consider taking voucher students for free.

The Superintendent John White will be making a stop in Lafayette to discuss what our state's students need.