LFC Daily News Clips | February 10, 2017
Good Morning
The News Star reports Louisiana’s first virtual charter school is changing its name and structure. Louisiana Connections Academy will be known as University View Academy, dropping its affiliation with the for-profit Connections Education and transitioning to a Type 2 non-profit charter.
Have a great weekend! – Paul
Tweets of the Day
School Choice
The Times-Picayune/NOLA.com: Betsy DeVos says she’ll work with ‘everyone and anyone’ http://bit.ly/2lwnagF
Cato Institute: Does Supporting School Choice Mean Hating Public Schools? http://bit.ly/2kcFmdZ
Charter Schools
The Heartland Institute: New Orleans Considers Making All Public Schools Charters http://bit.ly/2kWLQ5o
The Advertiser: Officials: Acadiana Renaissance Charter is not closing http://bit.ly/2kWKhEo
The News Star: Online charter gets new look, new plan http://tnsne.ws/2kzLQHA
The Times-Picayune/NOLA.com: ReNEW Schaumburg moves classes after tornado http://bit.ly/2lwesPD
LA School Report: NAACP should be supporting, not fighting, charters http://bit.ly/2kWSU1X
Education Reform
The Hayride: Have You Seen Louisiana’s Ambitious, Though Achievable, Growth Goal? http://bit.ly/2lyATnW
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