LFC Daily News Clips | March 14, 2017
Good Morning
In a meeting with urban school superintendents on Monday, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos discussed how the department will work with public schools. Orleans Parish superintendent Henderson Lewis told The Washington Post, “We’re providing choice, but it’s coupled with a layer of oversight to make sure that the needs of our students are being met.”
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Louisiana
The Advocate
Why Gov. Edwards, Supt. White disagree on public schools overhaul
The Times-Picayune/NOLA.com
InspireNOLA set to take over McDonogh No. 42
The Times-Picayune/NOLA.com
(from The Washington Post) New Orleans schools chief reacts to DeVos speech
The Advocate
Letters: Teachers face lots of obstacles
The Twitter Feed
CBN
How the School Choice Movement Is Empowering Parents, Kids
Education Week
Here’s What You Should Know About That Voucher Bill From Rep. Steve King
Opportunity Lives
Charter Schools, IDEA, and What Happens When You Give Parents of Special-Needs Kids More Choices
The 74
DeVos Pitches New ESSA Flexibility to Big-City Schools Leaders, Gets Tepid Response
The Arizona Central Republic
Jeb Bush: Why Arizona must expand its Empowerment Scholarship Accounts
The Hechinger Report
Isn’t desegregation a measure of educational quality?
Chalkbeat
The voucher bill tailor-made for Memphis? Many Memphians are offended by it.
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