Louisiana lawmakers approved Gov. Jeff Landry’s plan to cut nearly $170 million from school budgets to pay for teacher stipends, according to vote tallies released Wednesday, though a court has ...

Louisiana educators overwhelmingly want to receive pay stipends, but they oppose Gov. Jeff Landry’s plan to bankroll the pay boost by cutting public school funding, according to the results of a ...

A Louisiana judge blocked Gov. Jeff Landry’s plan to pay for teacher stipends by reducing funding for public schools on Thursday, hours after education advocates filed a lawsuit. The lawsuit argues ...

A major change for education leaders on a plan to give teachers a pay stipend this year. Governor Jeff Landry issued an executive order earlier this month to move money directed to local school ...

Public school advocates filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to block Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry’s plan to pay for teacher stipends by cutting education funding by nearly $170 million. The request for a ...

Across Louisiana, school boards have been taking public stands against Gov. Jeff Landry’s proposed education funding cut, saying it’s the wrong way to boost teacher pay. Behind closed doors, some ...

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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.

The U.S. Department of Education has begun outsourcing responsibility for overseeing the nation’s sprawling special education system and enforcing civil rights law in schools to other federal agencies ...