LFC Daily News Clips | October 4, 2016

Good Morning

Check out Stand for Children Louisiana’s video showing how Democracy Prep Charter School in Baton Rouge reopened following the Great Flood of 2016. https://youtu.be/IJH33I6HjDQ

Have a great day. – Paul

Tweet of the Day

American Federation for Children

AFC Blog: When School Choice Hit Home http://bit.ly/2dXDBmv

School Choice

Watchdog.org: Adult students beat the odds to finish high school http://bit.ly/2dFhg99

Charter Schools

Louisiana Weekly: NAACP, BAEO at odds of charter schools http://bit.ly/2doc0Mm

NPR.org: Questions Of Race And Charter Schools Divide Education Reformers http://n.pr/2dbRPya

Mother Jones: Here’s Why Some Black Leaders Are Fighting the NAACP Over Charter Schools http://bit.ly/2cPVUVP

Watchdog.org: Report: Charter schools provide stronger support for Hispanic students http://bit.ly/2dGnGdp

Education Reform

The Advocate: Baton Rouge area school districts with flooding mostly see enrollment declines http://bit.ly/2dXC3ch

The Advocate: Bid to overhaul teacher training gets $67 million boost http://bit.ly/2dOTHvC

The Advocate: Three seeking top school job in St. Landry make pitches at public forum http://bit.ly/2dXFWhb

The Town Talk: Grant to help Rapides schools http://townta.lk/2dtmEO2