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Tenure bill rehashes fight from 2012
Certainly no one wants to repeat the 2012 Legislative Session, right?
Louisiana Federation of Teachers President Steve Monaghan said SB 89 suggests that the Governor is "doubling down on flawed policy borne of bad politics."
Lawsuit updates: Status of Act 1 and Act 2
District courts have ruled two of Gov. Jindal's education schemes unconstitutional. What's next?
LFT hopeful that supreme court will overturn vouchers
(New Orleans - March 19) For more than an hour on Tuesday, attorneys for the Louisiana Federation of Teachers and others explained to the State Supreme Court why a district judge ruled one of Gov. Bobby Jindal’s assaults on public education unconstitutional.
Ravitch and Roemer debate education reform in Baton Rouge
Education historian Diane Ravitch and Board of Elementary and Secondary Education President Chas Roemer debated the way education is being overhauled in Louisiana on Thursday, March 14. Roemer, defending the status quo of Gov. Jindal’s reforms, was clearly outmatched.
Melonie LeMay is Library Media Specialist of the Year
The Louisiana Library Association has named Calcasieu Parish librarian Melonie LeMay as Library Media Specialist of the Year.
Lawmakers discuss school employees and the Jindal agenda
A panel of lawmakers agreed Saturday that the Jindal administration’s agenda hurts school employees and their families. Five members of the House of Representatives spoke at the Louisiana Federation of Teachers’ annual Paraprofessional and School Related Personnel Conference in Baton Rouge.