LFC Daily Clips | October 30, 2015
Good Morning
A new BAEO survey shows strong support among black voters for parental choice educational options nationwide and in Louisiana.
The Louisiana Department of Education has released high school report cards that show improvement on every measure of student achievement.
And with inclement weather on the way this weekend, trick-or-treating has been moved up to tonight in much of Louisiana.
Happy Halloween!– Paul
Tweet of the Day
American Federation for Children
New poll finds strong support for school choice among African American Families Read Story
AFC Blog:NH School Board Supports School Choice http://bit.ly/1P0rv86
School Choice
Black Alliance for Educational Options: New Survey Shows Black Voters Strongly Support Parental Choice for Educational Options in Their Communities http://bit.ly/1MX0iNv
Education Week: Vocational Education, Arming Teachers, Block Grants Get Air Time in GOP Debatehttp://bit.ly/1LZDexM
EducationWorld.com:GOP Candidates, Clinton Reveal Opinions on Education This Weekhttp://bit.ly/1GAOd40
Charter Schools
The Lens:Jindal and the Core: Louisiana snubs the Manchurian Candidate http://bit.ly/1PYQeZz
Times-Picayune/NOLA.com:High-scoring charter group pushes out students, New York Times reportshttp://bit.ly/1Ri0udK
Education Reform
Times-Picayune/NOLA.com: For Louisiana public schools, an A isn’t always an A http://bit.ly/1Sd1CAr
The Advocate:Check out your school’s score: Newly released Louisiana high school letter grades on rise, but there’s a catch… http://bit.ly/1kY67Uj
Times-Picayune/NOLA.com: Louisiana public high school grades skyrocket; 23% make ‘A’http://bit.ly/1NEJQ7u
The Advocate:How did Baton Rouge-area schools perform on their new state report cards?http://bit.ly/1GOMdF4
Times-Picayune/NOLA.com: New Orleans-area high school performance scores rise http://bit.ly/1P1j7Fc
Shreveport Times: Annual school performance scores released for Caddo, Bossier, DeSotohttp://bit.ly/1Ri23Zs
The News Star: La. high schools improve student achievement http://tnsne.ws/1XDZpB4
The Town Talk: State releases high school letter grades; see Rapides scores http://townta.lk/1M0V4QP
The Advertiser: Lafayette Parish high schools’ 2015 grades show growth, consistencyhttp://bit.ly/1im9R06
HoumaToday.com: Terrebonne, Thibodaux high schools score well with state http://bit.ly/1PYPe7P
The Advocate:Letters: Turn attention to early care and education http://bit.ly/1M0UPW3