Patrick Wall
Education Editor and Reporter| The New Orleans Advocate at The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate
Education editor & reporter at @nolanews @theadvocatebr | 🏳️🌈 | Formerly @Chalkbeat | DMs open | Fan mail & tips only: patrick.wall at https://t.co/ImaR6YK2Rk
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1 week ago |
nola.com | Patrick Wall
LSU's board announced the members of its presidential search committee Friday, a crucial first step in the process of finding a new leader of Louisiana's flagship university. The 19-member committee includes healthcare executives, business leaders, two professors, one LSU student and several members of LSU's Board of Supervisors, which oversees the LSU system. Five of the seven LSU board members on the committee were appointed by Gov. Jeff Landry.
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theadvocate.com | Patrick Wall
Louisiana's controversial law requiring public schools and colleges to post the Ten Commandments violates the U.S. Constitution and cannot be enforced, a federal appeals court ruled unanimously Friday, upholding a lower court's decision and raising the possibility that the U.S. Supreme Court will be asked to weigh in. A three-judge panel on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the law, which took effect Jan.
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nola.com | Patrick Wall
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nola.com | Patrick Wall
Louisiana will cover the full price of college tuition for a small group of stellar students, under newly passed legislation — but it won’t give more money to thousands of students whose state scholarships cover only part of their tuition bill. Top-scoring high schoolers will qualify for a new “Excellence” award through the state’s TOPS scholarship program under House Bill 77, which the Louisiana Legislature passed last week and Gov. Jeff Landry is expected to sign.
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2 weeks ago |
theadvocate.com | Patrick Wall
At Gardere Community Christian School in Baton Rouge, hopes were high for LA GATOR. Many thought Louisiana's new program, which gives families state-funded grants for private school tuition or homeschool expenses, could be life changing. Teachers and administrators showed up at the school on the Saturday in March when applications opened to help parents apply. And in May, students and parents pleaded for funding for the program during a state Senate hearing.
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RT @aegallo: Great read from @patrick_wall about what to expect in the next LSU presidential search and words of caution that the board gav…
RT @ByPiperHutch: Outgoing #LSU President William Tate, the first Black president of any SEC school, is calling for more investment in Sout…
RT @MelindaDeslatte: Senate Finance scales back TOPS expansion bill before advancing HB77 to full Senate. Senators kept creation of new "e…