Southern University Chancellor James Llorens braved snowstorms and travel delays last month during a whirlwind, weeklong trip to Turkey — all in the name of increasing student enrollment.With Southern’s student enrollment dipping from nearly 9,500 students … Continue reading →

Plans for the south end zone expansion of Tiger Stadium are “progressing very well,” LSU Vice Chancellor and Athletic Director Joe Alleva said Friday.

LAFAYETTE — The makeover of Northside High School is ahead of schedule with students, faculty and the community pushing the effort forward, new Principal Melinda Voorhies told a group of visitors that included state Superintendent of Education John White on Friday.

With Herman Brister Sr. apparently out of the running, East Baton Rouge Parish School Board members are floating the names of other candidates to serve as interim superintendent and run the system for the next few months.Continue reading →

GREENSBURG — The St. Helena Parish School Board on Thursday unanimously adopted its 2010-11 audit report, which cites only a minor error in record-keeping at the campus level.The smudge was discovered in the “School … Continue reading →

ZACHARY — The Zachary Community School Board approved a reorganization of the central office and the transfer of some school administrators Thursday stemming from a coming move to national standards in four “core subjects” and the … Continue reading →

BAKER — Based on 2010-11 Louisiana Educational Assessment Program scores, 35 percent of students in Baker public schools are “at risk requiring intensive support,” a new report says.The information was included in a Response … Continue reading →

JACKSON -- Speakers at Dixon Correctional Institute graduation exercises told the group of inmates Thursday that their educational experiences behind bars would give them an opportunity to escape a life of crime and … Continue reading →

Legislative lawyers are drafting a bill that could lead to the wedge of neighborhoods south of Interstate 12 and east of Interstate 10 to withdraw from the East Baton Rouge Parish School System, according to a state senator.Continue reading →

New Baton Rouge Community College Chancellor Andrea Lewis Miller is taking over the job next week after interim Chancellor Jim Horton wraps up his duties on Friday.Miller, who is moving from her job heading SOWELA Technical … Continue reading →

• The Advocate incorrectly reported Wednesday that Eleanor Lassiter, who is principal of Gonzales Primary School, will resign July 1.Lassiter, in fact, will retire effective July 1 after 22 years.Continue reading →

State Superintendent of Education John White’s plan to overhaul the way public schools and students are evaluated is sparking questions, concerns and some praise, officials said Wednesday.“I know there are still a lot of questions to … Continue reading →

WALKER — State Education Superintendent John White visited Livingston Parish on Wednesday, where he discussed implications of Gov. Bobby Jindal’s proposed expansion of a scholarship program for students from low-income households.Such students who … Continue reading →

With several audience members chanting “recall,” the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board narrowly rejected promoting the district’s No. 2 official Wednesday to fill the shoes of its departing superintendent for the next few months.Instead, the … Continue reading →

DONALDSONVILLE — The Ascension Parish School Board accepted the resignations for two of its long-time administrators Tuesday night.Marydine Emery, principal at Donaldsonville Primary School, will retire in July after 36 years in Ascension … Continue reading →

AMITE — Tangipahoa Parish School Superintendent Mark Kolwe said Tuesday he expects to reach an agreement with Southeastern Louisiana University “in the next month or so” spelling out joint responsibilities in operating the lab school on … Continue reading →

John Dilworth’s surprise announcement Friday that he is leaving as East Baton Rouge Parish school superintendent three months early because of “health concerns” has scrambled further an already scrambled search for his replacement.The School Board … Continue reading →

For more than 40 years, the French government has recruited teachers to come to Louisiana and try to preserve the special connection this state has to French language and culture.A small delegation of French … Continue reading →

CLINTON — The East Feliciana Parish School Board accepted its annual audit report Tuesday for the fiscal year that ended June 30, noting that auditors found no irregularities or violations.“This is the first time … Continue reading →

State Superintendent of Education John White on Tuesday proposed major changes in how public schools and students are evaluated, including a new focus on about 230,000 students performing below grade level.The state would make the changes … Continue reading →

McKinley High School senior counselor Gerri Vaughns reviewed toughening college admission standards with students Thursday, but she also emphasized that it’s ultimately up to them as to whether they will rise to meet the higher … Continue reading →

Officials of the Louisiana Federation of Teachers, which is one of the state’s two largest teacher unions, said Monday that they represent about 16,000 public school teachers, or about 33 percent of those in the classroom.Meanwhile, … Continue reading →

Gov. Bobby Jindal wants to revamp Louisiana’s pre-kindergarten programs, which critics say have become an expensive, confusing array of classes with uneven quality.“We have thousands of children who come to kindergarten that are not kindergarten … Continue reading →

Louisiana’s public school superintendents have left a coalition of teachers unions and others that have criticized Gov. Bobby Jindal’s school policies for months, officials said Friday.“We more or less are going to be headed in a … Continue reading →

ST. FRANCISVILLE — West Feliciana Middle School is one of 56 schools in the nation recognized by the technology company Apple Inc. as a “school of distinction” for 2012, West Feliciana Parish school officials announced this … Continue reading →

A calm group of 40 first- and second-grade students from Twin Oaks Elementary School in Baton Rouge missed a couple hours of school Friday morning for the sake of their pearly whites.“They cleaned them, and they … Continue reading →

East Baton Rouge Parish Schools Superintendent John Dilworth announced Friday morning that he is leaving the job he’s held for almost three years “due to health concerns” and that Feb. 24 will be his last day of work.Dilworth’s … Continue reading →

Gov. Bobby Jindal said Thursday that the executive director of one of Louisiana’s largest teacher unions should resign.Jindal has repeatedly criticized Michael Walker-Jones, a top official of the Louisiana Association of Educators, after Walker-Jones … Continue reading →