LA Education

The judge’s 11-day restraining order forbids Landry from using the money and from continuing to collect ballots from lawmakers who previously had until Tuesday to vote on the order.

The Louisiana Department of Education estimates the stipends will cost school systems anywhere from hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars in funding, depending on the number of employees.

Rather than add money to the budget, like in recent years, the governor is asking lawmakers to cut $168 million from schools’ budgets.

Fateama Fulmore recently finished her first full school year as head of New Orleans’ public schools.

Students presented projects at the 70th Greater New Orleans Science and Engineering Fair last week. Here, we highlight a few.

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

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.

If you plan to apply, we want to hear from you. What do you like about the program and how do you hope it will help your child?

Listen to Gov. Landry’s latest interview with Jim Engster, recorded Tuesday on Talk Louisiana.

The board of Lycée Français de la Nouvelle-Orléans will consider a three-year, $165,000 salary contract for CEO Chase McLaurin, with the potential for significant annual increases, at its board meeting Tuesday night, as the school grapples with financial concerns.