LFC Daily News Clips | March 9, 2017

Good Morning

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Enjoy your day! – Paul

Louisiana

The Times-Picayune/NOLA.com
No change in per-student funding for Louisiana schools in BESE budget request

The Advocate
New science standards clear final hurdle, take full effect in 2018-19 school year

KSLA.com
BESE approves plan to keep Linwood Public Charter School under state control

ShreveportTimes.com
Caddo and DOE creating contract for improvement

The Lens
Two options for Gentilly Terrace building: French-immersion school or program for students with behavioral problems

Uptown Messenger
New Orleans College Prep receives $30,000 pledge to help with Sylvanie Williams intervention

The Advocate
Louisiana Key Academy featured on HBO Vice News program on charter schools

HoumaToday.com
Our opinion: Louisiana lags in another category 

The Twitter Feed

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National Review
New Evidence on School-Choice Successes in Wisconsin

Orlando Sentinel
House panel votes to expand school vouchers

Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Groups inform state of desire to operate 16 new charter schools

Chalkbeat
Tuition voucher bill targeting Memphis breezes through key Senate committee

The Times-Picayune/NOLA.com (from The Washington Post)
Senate overturns Obama-era regulations on teacher preparation

The 74
Senate Blocks Teacher Preparation Rules, Ending ESSA Accountability Rules on Deck

The 74
Whitmire: Why the Charter Cap Fight in Massachusetts May Have Sparked a Tidal Wave of New Parent Applications

The 74
Ortega: Charter Schools, IDEA, and What Happens When You Give Parents of Special-Needs Kids More Choices

The Nation
Can the Education System Survive Betsy DeVos’s Extreme School-Choice Agenda?

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