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Politicians promised the Louisiana Scholarship Program would offer low-income students a way out of bad public schools. Instead, the program steered...
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Participating in the state’s school voucher program leads to worse performance on state tests in math, according to the latest study on the Louisiana...
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If there was a theme to “Budget Day” in the Louisiana House, it could be summed up by Thursday’s oft-heard refrain, “If we don’t do it, the Senate’s going…
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The First Bell series is a growing collection of stories from students, parents, and educators about pivotal experiences in education. To tell your story,…
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The Justice Department is worried that Louisiana's private school voucher program may be undermining efforts to overcome the historic segregation of…
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The Justice Department is suing Louisiana for issuing school vouchers to students in districts under desegregation orders. The federal government says the
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Louisiana lawmakers went out of their way to add a $46 million line item to the state budget to allow more students from under-performing public schools…
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State Superintendent John White wants to scrape the Department of Education's administrative budget to pay for public school students to take individual…
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Earlier this month, Louisiana's Supreme Court ruled that the way the state's private school voucher program was paid for was unconstitutional. It can't be…
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The State Supreme Court has ruled that the state can't pay private school tuition through the same funding channel as it uses to support public…