Elyse Carmosino

2 days ago | nola.com | Elyse Carmosino

A Louisiana congressman is demanding that the Trump administration explain why it recently revoked the visas of several international students at Southern University. In a letter Tuesday to federal officials, U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields, D-Baton Rouge, called for “an immediate review and explanation” of the visa terminations at Southern, a historically Black university in Baton Rouge.

2 days ago | theadvocate.com | Elyse Carmosino

As Louisiana continues to grapple with high rates of student absenteeism, a lawmaker wants to push districts to tackle the issue by tying funding to student attendance so that schools with low attendance rates would get less money. Currently, public school districts receive funding based on how many students they serve and those students’ needs. House Bill 185 by Rep. Barbara Freiberg, R-Baton Rouge, would instead give schools money based on attendance data that districts collect daily.

2 days ago | nola.com | Elyse Carmosino

As Louisiana continues to grapple with high rates of student absenteeism, a lawmaker wants to push districts to tackle the issue by tying funding to student attendance so that schools with low attendance rates would get less money. Currently, public school districts receive funding based on how many students they serve and those students’ needs. House Bill 185 by Rep. Barbara Freiberg, R-Baton Rouge, would instead give schools money based on attendance data that districts collect daily.

1 week ago | nola.com | Elyse Carmosino

As Louisiana's next legislative session starts Monday, education bills already filed by lawmakers run the gamut from changing how schools are funded to making the ACT a graduation requirement instead of end-of-course exams and overhauling eligibility requirements for TOPS college scholarships. Perhaps the most controversial education issue on the table is teacher pay. Last month, voters overwhelmingly rejected a jam-packed constitutional amendment championed by Gov.

1 week ago | nola.com | Elyse Carmosino

As college costs continue to soar and demand for skilled workers in many sectors grows, more high schoolers are considering career paths that don't require four-year degrees. At the Career Magnet Center in Lafourche Parish, where juniors and seniors are bussed in daily from three neighboring high schools to study trades or earn college credits, interest in career and technical education, or CTE, is rising.