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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.

The department tracks student achievement, manages college financial aid and sends K-12 schools money to support students with disabilities and lower-income communities, among other things.

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.

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

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down pretty much the same law in 1980. But Louisiana’s attorney general argues the state’s law is constitutional, saying the document is historic and used to be displayed in schools.

Chauvin, Louisiana has watched schools shutdown, public services relocate and people move away. Saturday's school reunion gave residents the chance to reconnect and celebrate the community's future.

New Orleans public schools officials have warned that the district may face multiple years of deficits due to COVID-19. But despite fears for the future,…

State education officials say the percentage of Louisiana public school students reaching "basic" achievement levels on standardized tests grew from 66…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Education officials say most New Orleans students who took part in the state-run school system's new single application enrollment…