Board of Elementary and Secondary Education

School Counselor, Librarian Mandates to Stand

Amy Jeffries — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:56:00 +0000

The state's top school board has dropped plans to do away with requirements for counselors and librarians at public schools.

The Dept. of Education had recommended the change as part of a continuing push to give more flexibility to local administrators.

Early High School Graduation Program Abandoned

The Associated Press — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:36:52 +0000

Plans to create a statewide program that would give college tuition grants to Louisiana students who graduate early from high school have been scrapped.

BESE Agrees To Do Away With Some School Mandates

The Associated Press — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 02:00:00 +0000

The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education has agreed to shrink the number of mandates required of local school districts, despite concerns it would let school districts eliminate school counselors and librarians to cut costs.

Tweaks Planned for Teacher Evaluation System

The Associated Press — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:49:17 +0000

Louisiana's Board of Elementary and Secondary Education is expected to approve modest changes to the state's method for evaluating public school teachers, after a board committee backed the ideas.

BESE to Look at Changes for Evaluating Teachers

The Associated Press — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:20:07 +0000

Louisiana's top school board is about to consider several changes in the state's new method for evaluating public school teachers. One of the changes includes making it easier for new teachers to land job security.

School Counselors: White's Plan May Eliminate Jobs

The Associated Press — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:00:00 +0000

Public school counselors say their education role would be radically diminished or even eliminated under a plan by state Superintendent of Education John White to give local districts more flexibility.

Under current rules, high schools are supposed to have one counselor for every 450 students.

Seattle education official becomes head of BESE

The Associated Press — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 13:18:00 +0000

A Seattle education official has been name as executive director of Louisiana's top school board.

BESE approves accountability plan for vouchers

MELINDA DESLATTE | The Associated Press — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 22:55:57 +0000

Louisiana's top education board has backed accountability standards suggested by Superintendent of Education John White for the private schools that will get taxpayer-subsidized students through the voucher program.

The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted 9-2 Tuesday for the criteria.

Ethics board postpones decision on Orange-Jones

The Associated Press — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 23:23:39 +0000

The state ethics board has deferred a decision on whether state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education member Kira Orange-Jones can keep her elected seat and her job as executive director of the New Orleans branch of Teach for America.

BESE reviews capital projects, Early Head Start monitoring

Danielle Bell | The Lens — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:30:00 +0000

Construction of four new schoolhouses should be completed as classes resume in August, education officials announced Wednesday night, but modular buildings are ready just in case.

Capital projects, including ground-up school construction, highlighted Wednesday night’s meeting in New Orleans of the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. The board meets periodically in New Orleans — Wednesday’s meeting was at Walter L. Cohen High School — to address Recovery School District issues.