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The cuts would have saved the district $800,000.

She wrote a bold and unapologetic letter to the school system.  In it, she not only laid down her job, but she also laid out some simple and direct ways to fix what she says are continuing problems in our schools.  Abby Breaux's letter has now gotten national attention, having appeared in the Washington Post, and has gotten a movement started on Facebook...

Cooper says arming teachers is not the answer.

Some teachers in Texas are teaching that the Boston Tea Party was a terrorist attack.  It's part of a curriculum that students are hearing in the classroom.  Below is a "news report" that teachers share before breaking up students to identify who the terror group is and where they are located...

ST. FRANCISVILLE, La. (AP) — A half-cent sales tax voters approved in April will allow West Feliciana Parish school employees this year to regain their annual step raises for the first time in two years. Although the general fund budget for 2012-13 the school board approved Tuesday does not include a cost-of-living raise, The Advocate reports employees now will go back to getting annual raise

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's 60,000 public school teachers are about to face their first job evaluations under a new review system that continues to spark controversy and questions. The overhaul stems from a 2010 law pushed by Gov...

A new lawsuit that is claiming that the voucher program can't use public funds.

The Governor signs a new bill that concentrates on teachers retirement plans.

The cuts will save millions.

The St. Landry Parish School Board met this week and decided to vote against a suggested list of names of school employees who were scheduled to be laid off by May 22the due to budgetary concerns. The vote to reject the proposed layoffs yesterday came at the end of very long meeting at which the board also decided to allow the school district to proceed with their application for up to $3... Read

School board officials say they're seeking 72 new employees; most of them would fill teaching positions in classrooms throughout the state.

The two passed bills concern overhauling teacher tenure and compensation rules as well as expanding the voucher system.

Teachers from across the state are meeting in Baton Rouge this week as key parts of Governor Bobby Jindal's education reform plan are debated.

Dr. Pat Cooper, superintendent of Lafayette Parish Public Schools, says he is extremely encouraged by this week's education summit.

The new Superintendent of Louisiana's Schools, John White, joined KPEL to outline his plans.

A state teachers' union giving its own ideas on education reforms. Louisiana Association of Educators President Joyce Haynes says the group is against many of Governor Jindal's reform plans. She says they are against new teacher performance reviews that include using students' standardized test scores as half a teacher's evaluation...

A special committee of the Board of Elementary & Secondary Education is set to review the state's new evaluation plan for public school teachers.

His vision for Louisiana includes reducing poverty by lowering the rate of children born out of wedlock in Louisiana.