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AG: career diploma testing requirement is legal

March 26, 2010 4:27 PM

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) The attorney general's office says state education leaders have properly handled testing requirements for students seeking the state's new "career diploma." The opinion was released Friday. It was requested by the sponsors of the law that created the diploma, Rep. Jim Fannin of Jonesboro and Sen.... more »
La. educators turn to trades to cut dropout rate

November 9, 2009 10:38 AM

WEST MONROE, La. (AP) Many Louisiana high school classrooms soon could look like Wes Sebren's: equipped with welding gear, safety goggles and circular saws. Sebren, a teacher at West Ouachita High School near West Monroe, is at the forefront of a new public schools strategy to reduce the dropout rate.... more »
Career Diploma Continues to Fuel Debate

September 28, 2009 8:50 AM

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Three months after the state Legislature authorized a new diploma to trim the high school dropout rate, arguments keep swirling around the issue. The state's top school board voted earlier this month to delay final approval of some of the rules that will govern the... more »