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

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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

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