LFC Daily News Clips | September 12, 2016
Good Morning BESE board member Kira Orange Jones announces she is taking on a new national role with TFA. She will stay in New Orleans and remain on BESE. http://bit.ly/2cQLQ4i
Good Morning BESE board member Kira Orange Jones announces she is taking on a new national role with TFA. She will stay in New Orleans and remain on BESE. http://bit.ly/2cQLQ4i
Good Morning Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump laid out his education policy yesterday with strong support of school choice. AFC founding board member Kevin P. Chavous says he doesn’t support Trump and challenges Hillary Clinton to do the same. http://bit.ly/2cdsMI3 Have a great weekend! – Paul
Good Morning Please read my new AFC Blog story on The Good Shepherd School in New Orleans and how it provides students with the ticket to success.
Good Morning Unlike Louisiana, the new school year is getting underway across the nation. I will be sharing in this space AFC Blog stories celebrating the 50 school choice programs in 25 states plus the District of Columbia, as well as the millions of children enrolled in charter schools across the country.
Good Morning Hope you enjoyed the Labor Day holiday. ICYMI, LFC president Ann Duplessis discussed school choice and the Louisiana Scholarship Program at last week’s Urban League of Greater New Orleans 2016 Legislative Breakfast. http://bit.ly/2cxqZyN
Good Morning Watch video of LFC President Ann Duplessis’ remarks on Tuesday at the Urban League of Greater New Orleans 2016 Legislative Breakfast. https://youtu.be/bynqXlHhtq0
Good Morning Be sure to read Howard Fuller’s Education Week commentary on the NAACP’s call for a national moratorium on new charter schools. Dr. Fuller points out the number of black families who choose to send their children to charter schools is growing, with nearly 200,000 additional families enrolling over the past five years.
Good Morning The Orleans Parish School Board unanimously approved the schools unification plan. The vote comes 11 years and one day after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. Coverage: The New Orleans Advocate Times-Picayune/NOLA.com