LFC Daily News Clips | February 5, 2016
LFC Daily News Clips | February 5, 2016
Good Morning
New Orleans’ Recovery School District and Denver received the top ranking in the new Education Choice and Competition Index (ECCI), an annual guide to the conditions of K-12 school choice in the nation’s 100+ largest school districts, released yesterday by the Center on Children and Families at the Brookings Institution. http://brook.gs/1S103bO
While our focus this weekend in Louisiana is on Mardi Gras, the rest of the nation is getting ready the Super Bowl. The American Federation for Children and Champions for Choice in Education Ambassador Jalen Rose is in San Francisco conducting interviews at Super Bowl 50 Radio Row. http://bit.ly/23LgEnR
Happy Mardi Gras! – Paul
Tweet of the Day
American Federation for Children
Press Release: AFC Visits Super Bowl 50 Radio Row http://bit.ly/23LgEnR
AFC Blog: Louisiana parents celebrate school choice options http://bit.ly/20dXGBP
School Choice
The Advocate: Louisiana school vouchers cripple academic achievement, national report says http://bit.ly/1PYIF7q
The Pelican Post: Education Savings Accounts: Freedom to Make Your Education Fit http://bit.ly/1Kum3ZT
The Town Talk: District to provide transportation for school choice — again http://townta.lk/1VUoxBu
The Economist: A lottery to lose http://econ.st/1X84VeF
Charter Schools
The Seventy Four: The Fact-Check: Not Every State Takeover of a Troubled School District Deserves an F http://bit.ly/1PYQqtV
Education Reform
Shreveport Times: Edwards drops Common Core lawsuit appeal; not so fast, AG says http://bit.ly/1X7ZNHi
Times-Picayune/NOLA.com: Gov. John Bel Edwards scraps Jindal lawsuit against Common Core http://bit.ly/20dXGBP
The Advocate: Gov. John Bel Edwards orders state to drop anti-Common Core lawsuit http://bit.ly/1Qhs1dq
HoumaToday.com: Edwards has already made a difference http://bit.ly/1X82CZ2
The Advocate: Two St. Landry School Board members threaten to file civil-rights complaint after appointment of white supervisor http://bit.ly/1QJHXrJ
The Advertiser: Edwards: unions ‘have a friend in the governor’s office’ http://bit.ly/1X81BA9
The Advocate: East Baton Rouge School Board struggles with school construction: Broadmoor may move to head of the list; more research urged for upcoming projects http://bit.ly/1L2PvRL
Shreveport Times: DeSoto schools face $6-7M budget cut http://bit.ly/1NRYJAc
Follow LFC – Twitter: @SchoolChoiceLA Facebook: SchoolChoiceLA