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

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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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