Patrick Wall
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 9
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- Sep 30, 2026
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Louisiana improves Advanced Placement scores, but many students can’t access AP courses (opens the original)
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More Louisiana high school students are earning high marks on Advanced Placement exams, according to newly released data. However, they remain far less likely than their peers nationally to have access to the college-level courses. Nearly 70% of the AP exams that Louisiana students took this year received a score of three or higher on a five-point scale, qualifying students for credits at many colleges and universities. Louisianaâs rate of AP exams with high scores has grown by more than 30 pe
Louisiana officials will scrutinize spending in two school districts: ‘Changes must be made’ (opens the original)
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Louisianaâs education chief will hire consultants to probe the finances of two school districts that failed to spend a mandated proportion of their budgets on teachers, books and other instruction expenses. It will mark the first time the state has used its legal authority to enforce the state spending rule. Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley informed the St. John the Baptist Parish and City of Bogalusa school systems this week that he is taking the unprecedented action of appointing chi
These two groups want to revamp Louisiana school funding. Neither can do it alone. (opens the original)
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Dueling efforts are underway to reimagine how Louisiana funds public schools. One is a âtop-to-bottom reviewâ of the system Louisiana uses to distribute more than $4 billion in state money to schools each year. Established by Gov. Jeff Landry and legislative leaders, the task force conducting the review must propose a ârevised or replacementâ school-funding formula by January â giving it five months to overhaul a system that has been in place over 30 years. The other effort is being le
Louisiana’s absenteeism rate is improving, but 1 in 5 students still regularly miss school (opens the original)
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More than 1 in 5 Louisiana students struggled with attendance last school year, according to new state data, which shows that absenteeism is easing â but not as quickly as officials would like. Just under 22% of public school students were counted as chronically absent during the 2025-26 academic year, the data show. The rate was about 1 percentage point lower than the previous year, marking the second straight year of reduced absenteeism. However, the decline was smaller than the previous yea
Thousands of eligible Louisiana parents face long waits for childcare assistance (opens the original)
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Dynasty Bartholomew is determined to give her kids a better life. She started training this year to become a medical assistant, making the programâs honor roll while raising her three sons in Alexandria. While at school, she puts her 2-year-old in childcare â a necessity that, at $720 a month, consumes most of her fixed income. Sheâs had to seek help from relatives and local nonprofits to pay her other bills. She is an ideal candidate for government-funded childcare assistance, which is su
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