This op-ed by Caroline Roemer was published in the printed July 1 issue of The Daily Star in Hammond. Since the Louisiana Charter School...

Last year 2.9 million children attended 6,700 charter schools in America—public schools independent of districts and free of many...

A Letter to the Editor from ED Caroline Roemer in The Advertiser: Opponents of public charter schools are wrong to blame charters for the...

The longest-running joke in the just-ended annual legislative session was each legislator’s answer to the question: How are you going to...

The Bossier Parish School Board voted 11-1 to approve the Barksdale Charter School application at its regular board meeting Thursday. The...

Much of Gov. John Bel Edwards’ proposals on education already are in the legislative boneyard, but a bill that would potentially restrict...

Caroline Roemer is one of several leaders in New Orleans who answered the following question in 100 words or fewer: “During the next ten...

With several bills already on life support, Gov. John Bel Edwards has pulled the plug on his high-profile education proposals to restrict...

Even if you take a dim view of charter schools, as John Bel Edwards did in his time in the Legislature, we suggest that new restrictions...

Efforts to put new rules on charter schools, including Gov. John Bel Edwards’ bid to curb their growth, are about to get initial votes in...

Twenty years after Louisiana’s first charter school opened, you’d think the state’s educational establishment would’ve accepted the...

A couple of years ago, Macie Zoble and her son were in crisis. The Lafayette woman had done everything in her power to keep Riley, then a...

Louisiana legislators will take up several bills next week that could change the state’s charter school landscape. Read...

Reagan Martignetti doesn’t miss traditional schooling. The 15-year-old Bossier City gymnast started high school at Parkway High School...

More than two out of three Louisiana residents favor more charter schools but vouchers have nearly as many opponents as backers,...

Government school officials are joining teachers unions to challenge how Louisiana funds its charter schools, putting school choice...

The ascension of Gov. John Bel Edwards, a skeptic of new charter schools, is unlikely to have much impact in New Orleans, where the...

If Democrats are so committed to equality and fairness, why do the party’s politicians protect teachers unions over minority students...

Louisiana ranks fifth among the 18 states with the most charter school-friendly laws, according to a report issued Monday by the National...

Divided since Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans’ two public school systems are at last moving forward with a single plan on how to divvy up...