LFC Daily News Clips | January 7, 2016
Good Morning
ICYMI: LFC president Ann Duplessis previewing opening of Louisiana Scholarship Program’s statewide application period on WVLA-TV. http://bit.ly/1n66xcv
Tweet of the Day
American Federation for Children
AFC Blog: Arizona parents kick off 2016 applying for school choice program http://bit.ly/1PKJixT
School Choice
Education Week: The First Negative Effects of Vouchers, and the Predictable Misinterpretation http://bit.ly/1ZPxUFE
Washington Examiner: NAACP chapter opposes school choice program … for not being universal? http://washex.am/1OQUhTd
Las Vegas Sun: Arguments on school-choice program heard in District Court http://bit.ly/1RbUpDi
Charter Schools
The Lens: 11 charters under standard review win favor of State Department of Education http://bit.ly/1ZPFdgu
The Seventy Four: How Minnesota’s Push to Integrate Schools Sparked a War Against Charters Serving Minority Families http://bit.ly/1SCfENV
Associated Press: Why Wal-Mart family foundation is spending $1 billion on charter schools http://bit.ly/1Rl62Ir
Education Reform
The Advocate: Louisiana again 49th in academic achievement, new report says http://bit.ly/1VM1lpO
The Advocate: Audience applauds as Lafayette School Board takes schools-of-choice priority enrollment proposition off the table http://bit.ly/1Rk1Kkw
The Advertiser: Board nixes Schools of Choice changes http://bit.ly/1PfVqnI
The Advertiser: Zone boundaries released for new high school http://bit.ly/1Z6Dr8t
Shreveport Times: Caddo school board to vote on Transformation Zone extension http://bit.ly/1OC2Rt9
The News Star: MCSB to vote on deseg hires Thursday http://tnsne.ws/1OcRUuv