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Opposing opinions surfaced from state education leaders this week on whether the state should move forward on implementing national education standards

MEET: Dr. John Lopez (the other Dr. John)Dr. Lopez is a coastal scientist and the Director of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation’s Coastal…

Teaching subjects that trigger strong emotions and political divides is challenging. In the South, many of those fault-lines -- racial, religious and…

For the past eight years, over a thousand high school football players from all over the country — and the world — have converged on Thibodaux, La. for…

Ryan Anderson of the New Orleans Pelicans tells us why he loves the NPR sound, how he has overcome personal and professional tragedy, and why you need to…

Last year, the Recovery School District closed four elementary schools in New Orleans because of poor performance, affecting about one thousand students,…

Today on Louisiana Considered, we’ll learn how the longshoreman strike in Louisiana may impact consumers. Plus, we hear how this current strike connects to the state’s history of labor organization. And we dive into a new list of New Orleans’ most “endangered” sites.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear from the CEO of a local not-for-profit on her plans to grow small businesses throughout New Orleans. We also hear some questions and concerns about the debut of Olympic flag football, and catch up on the week in politics.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear how a summer camp for burn survivors brings together kids who share similar scars. We also learn how one woman is preserving her father’s legacy after learning that he co-integrated the minor leagues with Jackie Robinson.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we speak with New Orleans mayoral candidate Oliver Thomas about why he is joining the race 15 years after he was released from prison on bribery charges. We also trace the complex history of a 19th-century painting.