Starting this year, Louisiana school districts must install cameras in all special-education classrooms and make changes to their special education policies, under a new state law that puts additional safeguards in place for students with disabilities.
Elyse Carmosino
Louisiana Chief Justice John Weimer knows firsthand that regularly attending school can improve a child’s future.
Louisiana is set to receive nearly $28 million for after-school programs that had been held up by the Trump administration, easing fears that schools would have to cut services for students next month when they return from summer break.
Erika Musgrove held her youngest son Matthew for only the briefest of moments last August before nurses at Baton Rouge General whisked him to the hospital’s neo-natal intensive care unit.
The share of students who achieved mastery or above on the 2025 state LEAP tests and the change (in parenthesis) from 2024.
Louisiana’s younger students made modest gains on state tests this spring while high schoolers saw a slight overall decline, according to LEAP test scores released Thursday.
The smell of baking garlic bread and chicken nuggets filled the air inside the Collins Elementary School cafeteria in Jefferson Parish on a recent summer afternoon as more than 100 children loaded up their lunch trays.
Education
As the number of Louisiana students who frequently miss school grows, the state Department of Education has unveiled a new strategy for bringi…
Louisiana voters will return to the polls to decide whether to approve a constitutional amendment that would permanently raise teacher salaries by $2,250 and support staff salaries by $1,125 under a pair of bills that received final passage in the Legislature on Thursday.