Congrats to BiancaVázquezToness Sharon Lurye & the whole The Associated Press Ed. Reporting Network for the The Pulitzer Prizes honor today.

When Bianca joined AP, she told me: 'I want to find missing kids.' The team's work turned the nat'l conversation back to this crucial issue pulitzer.org/finalists/bian…

Louisiana is poised to pay for tutoring — but not for every student who needs it, reports Patrick Wall NOLA.com. nola.com/news/education…

2 Louisiana students solved an impossible math equation. Now they'll be on '60 Minutes.' nola.com/entertainment_…

I’ve gotten more emails from readers about SB 482, the Governor Jeff Landry-backed bill to gut public records law, than I have gotten on any other subject ever. The public seems… not happy about the prospect of losing their access to government records. #lalege #lagov

The Best of New Orleans.

Good news for (some) struggling students in Louisiana.

State appears willing to pay for tutoring after COVID aid ends this year. But the money will only cover grades K-5 — not all students as some had hoped. #lalege
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Republican legislative leaders say school funding and homestead exemption wouldn't be touched during a constitutional convention. lailluminator.com/briefs/constit… #lalege #lagov

Massive dead alligator on median causes car to crash into Louisiana bayou nola.com/news/environme…

UPDATE: On Thursday, the National Labor Relations Board announced that the union election for Lycée Français de la Nouvelle-Orléans will be held May 13. Teachers, including foreign nationals working on visas, are included in the unit and eligible to vote.

No changes to Louisiana homeschool oversight after bill fails to pass in House theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/ne… via The Advocate #lalege #laed

Julie O'Donoghue Governor Jeff Landry The New York Times Thank you for your continued coverage of this Julie O'Donoghue. As one of the reporters who wrote the
The New York Times story, I stand behind every word we published.

Today, the Louisiana Senate finance committee passed an overhauled ESA bill. Now, instead of creating a universal ESA program, the bill leaves it up to the state board of ed to decide whether & how to offer ESAs. Backstory here: nola.com/news/education…

Kenny Loftin, Gov. Landry’s pick to run LA's juvenile justice system, came under fire during a Senate hearing Wednesday, when he said allegations that a raft of abuse occurred under his watch at a youth detention center were “made up.” #lalege #lagov
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We have enough evidence by now that tutoring is highly effective that we really should be thinking about how to permanently embed tutoring in the regular operations of schools.

Another way that public records requests have been weaponized nationally: Right-wing activists flooding election offices with requests in a search for evidence of voter fraud. votebeat.org/arizona/2023/9…

“The Pulitzer Prize Board would like to recognize the tireless efforts of student journalists across our nation’s college campuses, who are covering protests and unrest in the face of great personal and academic risk.”

ICYMI: Local & state police cleared a pro-Palestinian encampment at Tulane University in New Orleans, arresting 14 protestors. Videos showed officers pointing weapons — the state police called them 'less lethal devices' — at students.
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A UCLA editor who was attacked while covering the protests “believed her identity as a journalist would have prevented her from being assaulted.

“Instead, it made her a target.”

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.Jack McFarland confirms that Louisiana DCFS has worked things out to where the summer EBT will be distributed on time. They originally said due to the governor opting out they would be delayed by several months rolling it out. #lalege #lagov

Fourteen arrested after police disperse encampment on Tulane's front lawn nola.com/news/crime_pol…