The board's decision places charter staff statewide beyond its authority, leaving teachers without an outside body to turn to when dealing with school leadership.

Attorney General Liz Murrill’s office said the AG expects school systems to follow the law. Critics say they’ll continue to fight it.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted 12-6 to lift a block that a lower court first placed on the law in 2024.

Advocates for the law have long argued the point isn’t to hold kids back, but make sure they get the support they need to be ready for fourth grade.

The agreement is part of the transition plan to usher UNO back into the LSU System, which will reverse action legislators took 14 years ago to move the New Orleans campus into the University of Louisiana System.

With Carnival in full swing, the New Orleans culinary school gave its students a crash course — and a rite of passage — in baking their first king cake.

Schools across the New Orleans metro area will be closed Monday (Jan. 26) as a strong cold front moves through the region Sunday. See a list of other closures.

The case could reach the U.S. Supreme Court and reshape the role of religion in public education.

Air Products & Chemicals has proposed to build the world’s largest carbon storage project in southeastern Louisiana, but residents worry about health and environmental consequences.

NOLA-PS board confirmed that it received the private donations promised to the school from community members on Monday (Jan. 12).