Most Louisianans no longer speak French, but a growing number of schools are now immersing kids in it. At École Pointe-au-Chien, the focus is on teaching local French dialects first.
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Five years since COVID, Louisiana’s readers are thriving. This is their secret.
In 2019, Louisiana’s fourth graders ranked 50th in the country for reading. Now, they’re 16th. Here’s how the state, and one rural district, pulled it off.
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What to know about Louisiana’s new surgical castration law
Louisiana’s governor signed a controversial bill that will make his state the first to allow surgical castration for people found guilty of certain sex crimes against children.
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How will Louisiana’s Ten Commandments classroom requirement be funded and enforced?
It’s unclear whether the new law that requires a poster-sized display of the Ten Commandments in Louisiana classrooms has any teeth to enforce the requirement and penalize those who refuse to comply.
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The U.S. Supreme Court upholds Louisiana’s redistricting plan
A federal district court ruled that the new map drawn by the state legislature violated the Voting Rights Act by diluting the Black vote. A group of conservatives challenged the legislature’s map.
