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News with a View: Kaare Johnson on Teacher Evaluations
Louisiana has one of the worst education systems in America. From pre-k all the way through our public college system, our state comes up short when it comes to education. We simply don't do it very well and haven't for decades and decades.
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Press Briefing On The Recovery School District Settlement
ABC26 NewsSECRETARY NAPOLITANO: Well, thank you very much, and thank all of you for joining us today for this major announcement. And as was said earlier, I'm very pleased to be joined by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, and...Tags: FEMA, Hurricane Damage, Renovation, New Orleans, Floods
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UNO Statement: University of New Orleans Chancellor Resigns; Veteran Academic Team to Run University On Interim Basis
ABC26 NewsDr. Tim Ryan on Thursday resigned as Chancellor of the University of New Orleans (UNO), effective immediately. LSU System President Dr. John Lombardi accepted Ryan's resignation, noting Ryan's long service to UNO that spanned many roles, ranging from...Tags: Utah, University of Hartford, Massachusetts, Social Sciences, Louisiana State University
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Recovery School District Posts Strong Growth in School Performance Scores
Press ReleaseThe Recovery School District was the state's most improved district in 2009-2010, according to preliminary District Performance Scores (DPS) released by the State Department of Education today. Overall, the RSD's New Orleans schools posted a DPS of 60.6...Tags: Hurricane Katrina (2005), Teaching and Learning, Louisiana, Examinations
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Four-day school week may have failed test
ABC26 NewsThe Monroe News-Star reports that fewer Caldwell Parish students are making the grade on state tests than in 2007, before the start of a four-day school week. Superintendent John Sartin says the shorter week is not hurting performance. He said Friday...Tags: Louisiana
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Post-Katrina Report A Mixed Bag For New Orleans
ABC26 NewsA report on New Orleans' progress in the five years since Hurricane Katrina extols a "new spirit of reform and enhanced self reliance" and the remaking of the public school system, but it laments high crime, racial disparities and economic dependence on...Tags: Disasters, Teaching and Learning, Louisiana State University, Environmental Pollution, Colleges and Universities
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LSU Board to Consider Lowering Credit Hours Needed for Bachelor's Degree
ABC26 NewsIn an attempt to boost graduation rates, the LSU Board of Supervisors on March 5 will consider two measures to improve student retention, including lowering the number of credit hours needed to earn a bachelor's degree. Currently at LSU System campuses,...Tags: Science and Technology, Society, Retirement, Education, Louisiana
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Monday AM Update: Gulf Coast Preps As Ida Weakens To Tropical Storm
ABC26 NewsSchools closed, residents of low-lying areas sought shelter and Florida's governor declared a state of emergency Monday as a late-season tropical storm churned toward the Gulf Coast. After a quiet storm season, residents took the year's first serious...Tags: Hurricane Preparedness, FEMA, National Hurricane Center, New Orleans, Floods
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Panel Suggests Lawmakers Relinquish Authority Of College Tuition Increases
ABC26 NewsState lawmakers should relinquish much of their authority over college tuition increases, an oversight that is the most restrictive in the nation, a higher education restructuring panel suggested Tuesday. The Postsecondary Education Review Commission,...Tags: State Budgets, Government Debt, Laws, Louisiana State University, National Government
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State Misses Deadline For Performance Scores
Staff reporterThe state education department missed an Aug. 1 deadline to release school performance scores for its lowest performing schools. The delay means parents at these schools have less time to take advantage of federally mandated private tutoring or school...Tags: Education, Louisiana
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Progress, yes, but schools short of 10-year goals
Staff reporterNEW ORLEANS (AP) - The goals set more than a decade ago weren't lofty: After 10 years under accountability policies holding schools to higher standards of student performance, students in Louisiana's would, on average, perform at a "basic" level on...Tags: Regional Authority, Teaching and Learning, Executive Branch, Health and Safety at School, Examinations
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State Cuts Unexcused Public High School Absences To 10
ABC26 NewsThe state is cutting the maximum number of unexcused absences for public high school students from 15 to 10. A member of the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education said the reduction involves an attempt to improve classroom performance, as...Tags: Illnesses, Death, Family, Health and Safety at School
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