Welcome to OPEN’s 2018 Education Legislative Recap! This is a broad overview of this year’s education policy developments, highlighting the most important outcomes by topic area. Want more details? Check out the full list on the OPEN blog. A JUST START Children as young as five years old walking into kindergarten already behind is not […]

In the policy arena, process is as important as product. The conversations, debates, and deliberative process are all indicative of the opinions, values and systems embedded in the policies that we create for ourselves and others. This was the most evident last Thursday, March 22 at the Senate Education Committee hearing of Senate Bill 292 […]

The newest policy and legislative developments in Louisiana education, summarized and annotated by Orleans Public Education Network. This is a still-developing list and will be continually updated throughout the session. This is not a full list of all movements up before the legislature; to access that list, please click here. Highlighted in red are bills […]