Academic WorldQuest is a quiz competition for high schools organized by the World Affairs Councils of America that tests competing teams’ knowledge of international affairs, geography, history and culture. A unique opportunity to expose students to the world outside our borders and prepare them for the challenges and the opportunities of the 21st Century, the World […]
Martin Behrman Charter School principal Rene’ Lewis-Carter has been named Louisiana’s 2016 Middle School Principal of the Year, becoming the first charter school leader in the state to win this prestigious honor. A New Orleans native, Lewis-Carter has led Behrman in Algiers since 2005, opening the school just after Hurricane Katrina. Since then, Behrman has consistently […]
This Thursday April 2 on Educating Louisiana, host Veronica Brooks will have an exclusive one on one interview with former Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu on Cox Cable 4, 8:30 pm in Baton Rouge, Lafayette and New Orleans. Educating Louisiana is sponsored by Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools. Tell your friends and the @LAPCSTeam what you think of the show- take […]
The Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools starts the second season of its weekly TV show dedicated to education reform issues on Cox Cable Channel 4 in southeast Louisiana. The show will air at 8:30 p.m. each Thursday, featuring host Veronica Brooks. The show opens Thursday, March 5 with an in-depth interview with LAPCS CEO […]
Fifty years ago today, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law, ending formal segregation in public spaces and accommodations. This was the culmination of years of tireless work by civil rights advocates and ushered in a new era of reform that brought us the Voting Rights Act one year later, […]
By Caroline Roemer Shirley, Director, LAPCS Louisiana now offers over 117 charter schools in 19 out of 64 parishes, hosting nearly 60,000 children or about 10 percent of total public school enrollment. One of these 19 parishes, Orleans, has the greatest percentage of public school children enrolled in charter schools in the nation. So as […]
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