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Jones has touted his experience in education. But a review by Verite News identified serious discrepancies in his resume.

Louisiana’s plan to make all public school classrooms in the state post the Ten Commandments next year remains on hold under a federal appeals court ruling in New Orleans.

The cash boost ensures schools will be “close to whole, if not whole, this school year,” despite the district’s budget error.

A federal appeals court has temporarily limited the scope of a ruling that Louisiana’s law requiring public schools to post the Ten Commandments in classrooms next year is unconstitutional.

Avis Williams has been superintendent of the city’s nearly all-charter school system for just over two years. The district did not give a reason for her abrupt departure.

A new Louisiana law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public classroom by Jan. 1 has been temporarily blocked after a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction on Tuesday.

Schools could face a $36 million funding shortfall, nearly twice an earlier estimate, Orleans Parish School Board members told charter leaders on Friday.

Louisiana’s program to help families save for their children’s college education accidentally made an extra withdrawal this month from participants’ bank accounts, resulting in more than $1.5 million having to be refunded.

For 15 years, the Cowen Institute at Tulane University has asked parents what they think of the city’s public schools.

KaTrina Chantelle Griffin will represent Algiers and parts of the Marigny, Bywater and French Quarter on New Orleans' school board, while the other seat up for grabs heads to a runoff.