Robert Green Ingersoll once opined, “Mental slavery is mental death, and every man who has given up his intellectual freedom is the living coffin of his dead soul.” Our State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education through the charter school approval system has become a market to sell the children of our state to the […]
According to a recent report released by the International Monetary Fund, the United States spends around $649 billion on subsidies to the fossil fuel industry.
Senator Kennedy stated that he hopes federal prosecutors "go medieval" on the people who were arrested in connection with a college admissions cheating scandal.
Panelists included OPSB superintendent Henderson Lewis, President of Louisiana Federation for Children Ann Davis Duplessis, and parent advocate Ashanna Bigard.
Louisiana House Republican leaders say that they’re taking a conservative financial stance by refusing to change the state’s income forecast. But what they may accomplish is ruining Governor John Bel Edward’s plan to include a pay raise for public teachers in next year’s budget proposal.
Earlier this year Louisiana private school T.M. Landry College Prep became a national sensation when videos of its students opening acceptance letters to top colleges like Yale, Harvard, and MIT. The school was featured on CBS Morning News, Ellen, and the Today show among others.
The Rhodes Scholarship is one of the most prestigious awards of academia. Those awarded the scholarship have the opportunity to study at Oxford University, one of the oldest and most well-respected research institutions in the world, for two to three years, tuition free. The list of alumni for this award is impressive, including people like […]
Wooden Boat Fesitval, Walk for the UNCF, and more events on both sides of the river and both sides of the lake.
It has been 13 years since Hurricane Katrina. On July 1st, the city achieved another historic milestone: all of the city’s public schools are finally back under the local school board. Now the great experiment in reunification begins.
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