Why is it when the story is good we rank bad but when the story is bad we rank good? Or should I say we rank worse because being good on the bad list is not the way you want your state to be portrayed.
NICHE.com has just released it's rankings for "Best Public High Schools In Louisiana". All Louisiana High Schools were ranked based on 4.6 million opinions from 280,000 students and parents. So, how did Acadiana's High Schools Rank?
More than half of those surveyed in a recent poll say they think our state is not heading in the right direction. Education is the area where most residents feel we need to improve.
This action came about after it was reported that a Rapides Parish teacher was reprimanded for critical remarks about the curriculum on her personal Facebook page.
U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) signed on to legislation authored by Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) that would make reforms to Coverdell savings accounts, which are designed to encourage savings for education expenses. The bill would increase the limit that the federal government has set on what a family can contribute each year.
Jefferson Davis Parish Schools have relaunched their websites after a three month redesign period. The new website should make communication between parents and educators faster and easier.
Chances are when you were in high school there was an Ag teacher. Now a days the subject of agriculture is being pushed down the educational ladder as fewer and fewer qualified teachers are graduating into the field.
Is Bobby Jindal playing hard ball politics the way Edwin Edwards and other former Governors used to do? The State Department of Education website was temporarily shutdown yesterday. Was this the result of a technical glitch or did the Governor make it happen?
Here is your chance to speak out on how you the the Lafayette Parish School Board is handling its business. A short online survey by an independent citizens group is available now for you to voice your opinion.
My son Jack returns to college at the end of this week. He flat out told me a lot of the stuff we sent him to school with last semester was totally useless. He wasn't being ungrateful, he was just being honest.