BATON ROUGE, La. (KSLA) - The Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) is celebrating significant gains in reading proficiency among students in grades kindergarten through third. The department says ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DP World has entered into an exclusive negotiation agreement for a long-term lease to develop and operate a container terminal at the Port of Corpus ...

Louisiana's K-3 literacy rate climbed nearly 17 percentage points during the 2025-26 school year, with kindergarten students showing the strongest growth. According to new data from the Louisiana ...

Lafayette Parish School System students in kindergarten through third grade significantly improved in reading proficiency during the 2025-26 school year, data released by the Louisiana Department of ...

Louisiana schools would receive, on average, about 5% less funding under Gov. Jeff Landry’s plan to pay for teacher stipends, officials said. The governor’s order — which still needs lawmakers’ ...

While attending private school does not automatically mean receiving a better education than one would get at public school, there are some benefits to a private education. At private schools, ...

Nick DeSimone is a pasta-obsessed vegetarian chef who spent nearly 10 years in restaurants before becoming a food writer. They review kitchen products for Food & Wine and love plant-based and Southern ...

School superintendents might not like Gov. Jeff Landry’s plan to cut their budgets to pay for teacher stipends — but most school districts can afford it. That was the message from the state auditor ...

In public statements and private conversations with lawmakers, Louisiana’s school superintendents are sounding the alarm about Gov. Jeff Landry’s proposal to pay for teacher bonuses by cutting public ...

Two of the U.S. Department of Education's biggest responsibilities will shift to other federal agencies: safeguarding student civil rights and administering programs for students with disabilities.