Education
New Orleans City Council votes to send $10m to city schools, again defying Cantrell
By Katie Jane Fernelius Contributing Writer (Veritenews.org) — Defying New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, the New Orleans City Council voted on Thursday (April 10) to
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La. lawmakers to consider a flat rate for TOPS scholarships
By Piper Hutchinson Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — The Louisiana Legislature will consider creating a flat rate for TOPS program scholarships, regardless of what school students
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By Julie O’Donoghue Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — The Louisiana Legislature’s leadership said lawmakers are likely to eliminate funding for Gov. Jeff Landry’s signature education initiative: an expanded school voucher program called LA ... Black colleges ponder their future as Trump makes cuts to education dollars
By Robbie Sequeira Contributing Writer (Stateline.org) — The nation’s historically Black colleges and universities, known as HBCUs, are wondering how to survive in an uncertain and contentious educational climate as the Trump ... Trump administration extends deadline for schools to meet anti-DEI order or lose funds
By Jacob Fischler Contributing Writer (States Newsroom) — The U.S. Education Department has agreed to delay for nearly two weeks enforcement of a disputed directive seeking to ban diversity, equity and ... State, school district ask judge to end federal scrutiny of NOLa. special education
By Marta Jewson The Lens The Louisiana Department of Education and Orleans Parish School Board have asked a federal judge to release them from a decade-old judgment, instituted on behalf of ... Board of Regents recommends moving UNO back to LSU System
By Piper Hutchinson Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — The state’s higher education oversight board unanimously voted on Wednesday of last week to recommend moving the University of New Orleans, which has struggled with ... Northwestern State faculty calls on university president to apologize for racial joke
By Piper Hutchinson Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — The Northwestern State University Faculty Senate is calling on President Jimmy Genovese to apologize for racially insensitive remarks he made to Natchitoches Mayor Ronnie Williams ... LSU purging hundreds of webpages in response to Trump admin’s anti-DEI guidance
By Piper Hutchinson Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — LSU could purge more than 1,300 webpages flagged for review because they include the words “diversity,” “equity, “inclusion” and “DEI.” OPSB goes to court to get $20 million – and to stop the city from skimming money from school kids
By Marta Jewson The Lens On last Thursday (Feb. 20) morning, the Orleans Parish School Board, with support of the New Orleans City Council, squared off in Civil District Court against the ...
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