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Education
5:14 pm
Thu September 6, 2012

Voucher student numbers to be tallied by next week

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A count of how many Louisiana students are enrolled in private and parochial schools through the taxpayer-funded voucher program will be available next week.

Barry Landry, a spokesman for the Department of Education, says schools participating in the program have until Sunday to report their enrollment numbers of voucher students. Landry says the department will release the figures after the numbers are verified.

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Education
11:03 am
Thu September 6, 2012

When It Comes To Education, Two Peas In A Pod?

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Originally published on Fri September 7, 2012 8:02 am

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MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:

I'm Michel Martin and this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. Coming up, fall is here and that means a new round of television shows are starting up. We've invited television critic Eric Deggans to tell us what's different this season, especially during daytime. That's in just a minute.

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Education
11:03 am
Thu September 6, 2012

Join The Conversation, With Tell Me More On Twitter

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Tell Me More will host a live radio broadcast and Twitter Education Forum on October 10th. Host Michel Martin will discuss the roles of teachers, parents, government, business --- and of course, social media. To do that, we want to start the conversation now with listeners via Twitter. Join Tell Me More on Twitter today by using #npredchat.

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1:06 pm
Wed September 5, 2012

Lafourche schools to reopen Monday

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Schools in Lafourche Parish are tentatively scheduled to reopen on Monday.

School officials said Tuesday that all of the parish schools have electricity and administrators, staff and private contractors are in the process of assessing and repairing damage to the facilities.

Officials expect the examination and repair of the facilities to be completed by the weekend.

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