k-12 education

The board approved the plan at its meeting Thursday. Officials warn closing the remaining $25 million gap will be more challenging.

With President Donald Trump slashing the federal education budget, Louisiana school superintendents are scrambling to determine if they will lose any of the $2.7 billion in federal K-12 funding that has supported local school districts for years.

LSU is ahead of the curve on compliance; other universities watching, waiting.

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Gabriela Biro surprised many poll watchers by handily winning a runoff election for the Orleans Parish School Board’s 2nd District over a well-endorsed opponent — Eric “Doc” Jones, who has worked in local education for decades.

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.

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

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