BESE

Tri-Parish schools to share in $41.9M for school improvements

Tri-Parish schools are to receive a share of $41.9 million in federal funding to help struggling schools. A committee of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) Tuesday approved allocations to improve over 500 struggling schools across the state.

Science standards embrace evolution

With dialogue reminiscent of the evolution versus creationism arguments from the movie classic “Inherit the Wind,” the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) Tuesday accepted updated content standards for science education in Louisiana’s public school.

Strings attached to school funding increase

The Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education Administration and Finance Committee Tuesday unanimously moved to recommend an additional $18 million to next year’s state education fund. But there’s a catch. Per Gov.