Louisiana Education

A cash transfer program for high schoolers resulted in better attendance and more financial literacy, but no improvement in grades.

The Trump administration has vowed to lift more desegregation plans from the 1960s. Civil rights activists say it would leave families with little recourse when they face discrimination.

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.

Bans on critical race theory in public education are on the docket around the Gulf South. History teachers discuss how they’re feeling about possible censors to their curriculums.

COVID cases have been reported at all but a handful of Louisiana school districts

Red River Parish Public Schools is the first district in Louisiana to throw out the traditional school calendar. The goal for school leaders is to provide more instruction and support throughout the year, but some parents say students are burnt out.

Karen Henderson hosted Tuesday's show: BESE President Sandy Holloway and LFT President Larry Carter on the state-wide decision to make high stakes testing…

Last fall, a student told a joke at International High School of New Orleans. It landed him in jail.We’re not using his name to protect his privacy.…