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Early childhood standards advance

This week some proposed changes to Louisiana’s learning standards for early childhood education became the latest chapter in the state’s ongoing political battle over perceived race-focused teaching in the classroom.

Quarantine No More

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New school year, new COVID rules.

LEAP scores show growth

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The Lincoln Parish School District has largely gained back the test-score ground it lost in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Academic tenure to be examined

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The practice of academic tenure in Louisiana higher education will go under the microscope later this year.

BESE Decision

Unlike last year, high school seniors in Louisiana who haven’t met certain minimum scores on their LEAP tests won’t be given alternative ways to qualify for graduation.

School bus prices soaring in Lincoln Parish

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The effects of inflation and supply chain issues have made themselves felt at the local school district level when it comes to availability and price of school buses.

Bill to ban gender identity discussion in classroom axed

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After a long and spirited discussion in a Louisiana House of Representatives education committee, a bill that would have banned public school teachers from talking about sexual orientation or gender identity, including their own, in the classroom failed to make it to the House floor and is likely finished.

State’s Top Student

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Lincoln Parish’s own Melissa Le has been named Louisiana’s 2022 Middle School Student of the Year.

Lincoln Prep, AEP released from desegregation suit

After 42 years, both Lincoln Preparatory School and A.E. Phillips Laboratory School have been dismissed from a federal lawsuit aimed at desegregating Lincoln Parish schools.

Moving On

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The Louisiana Department of Education has narrowed its finalists for statewide Student of the Year honors, and one of Lincoln Parish’s representatives is among them.