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Fired NOLA teachers' lawsuit closer to resolution
… water when a levee broke in the Lower 9th Ward. Defendants include the Orleans Parish School Board, the state Department of Education , and the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. The lawsuit is one element in an education story …
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Jindal proposes grading early childhood programs
… scattered across agencies and funding types, some backed with state dollars and others with federal cash. The education department said more than 30 percent of Louisiana's 4-year-olds are in one of three state-funded preschool programs …
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BESE approves new Recovery School District leader
… as a deputy RSD superintendent of community and policy last May, Dobard worked in various roles at the state education department over the last decade. He started his career in education as a teacher. He'll receive a $225,000 yearly …
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Survey: La. schools score high on accountability
… School District, pending BESE approval. Dobard is a native New Orleanian, former teacher and was on the state education department 's staff before coming to the RSD. The rankings also could bolster Gov. Bobby Jindal's plans for education …
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BESE picks White as new La. school superintendent
… formal application process. BESE President Penny Dastugue says White has the experience to lead Louisiana's education department and the board didn't have the money or time to do such an extensive search when it already had a qualified …
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Jindal's K-12 education plan draws fire
… Public Education. He says enrollments at charter schools are too selective. Loup also says the Louisiana Department of Education hasn't done enough to help failing public schools, and that data shows the test scores from charter schools …
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Tangipahoa charter could hurt desegregation
… progress toward desegregation. The system's desegregation attorney, Charles Patin, has written the state education department to oppose the Tangipahoa Charter School Association's application. He wrote that the charter application does …
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