LFC Daily News Clips | April 1, 2016
Good Morning
Kevin P. Chavous, founding board member for the American Federation for Children, responds in The 74 to a new study from the Southern Education Foundation, which finds that private schools in America are overwhelmingly white. http://bit.ly/1UYkVkU
Check out my AFC Blog story on the growing trend of celebrity involvement in education. http://bit.ly/22UCJ5v
Have a great weekend. – Paul
Tweet of the Day
American Federation for Children
AFC Blog: Sean “Diddy” Combs joins growing trend of celebrity involvement in education http://bit.ly/22UCJ5v
School Choice
Greater Baton Rouge Business Report: Publisher: If Gov. Edwards and Democrats repeat failed history on school choice children will suffer http://bit.ly/1pQleBo
The 74: Chavous: The Real Segregation in American Education http://bit.ly/1UYkVkU
The Hayride: Edwards Shills For Teachers Unions And Failing Schools In Response To WSJ http://bit.ly/1qlkEMr
HuffingtonPost.com: How Gov. Jindal’s Voucher Program is Like the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiments http://huff.to/234MvyJ
Charter Schools
Times-Picayune/NOLA.com: Adrian Morgan, New Orleans charter school leader, dies at 44 http://bit.ly/236aOfH
The New Orleans Advocate: ‘A real loss for kids’: Adrian Morgan, B.R., former N.O. charter schools chief, found dead in home http://bit.ly/1SELAjw
Education Week: How New Orleans’ Charter Schools Are Helping Their Graduates Through College http://bit.ly/1RBRX4B
The News Star: Virtual public charter school to hold information session in Monroe http://tnsne.ws/1ZQ8s2v
Education Reform
The Advocate: Hold up: Bill aimed to toughen residency rules for Louisiana school attendance now shelved http://bit.ly/1q5dRqq
The Town Talk: Proof of income required when enrolling for pre-K http://townta.lk/1RBQrj0
Shreveport Times: LDOE receives $100,00 grant to accelerate statewide implementations of Jump Start http://bit.ly/1V9NOK1
Times-Picayune/NOLA.com: Watch a Louisiana senator advocate for teaching creationism http://bit.ly/1RrWV7B
The Town Talk: Bill to repeal state’s creationism law fails http://townta.lk/1SoXhbv
The Advertiser: Finding the right spot for fifth-graders http://bit.ly/1UJxHUl
The Advertiser: Broussard officials: New high school needs neutral name http://bit.ly/1q5XE4k