High School

Disclosure :: this post is sponsored by IDEA Southern Louisiana. What Makes IDEA Unique? In 2018, IDEA Southern Louisiana in Baton Rouge will be home to IDEA Cortana Academy and College Prep, and IDEA Innovation Academy and College Prep, serving a total of 1,000 Baton Rouge students between our academy and college prep campuses in grades K through 2 & 6. IDEA is a family of tuition-free public charter schools committed to seeing each child to and through college. We achieve our record of 100% college acceptance through a focus on personalized learning, core subjects, critical thinking and college preparedness. IDEA’s expert teachers partner with students and families every step of the way to ensure students are prepared for success in college and life....

Disclosure :: This post is sponsored by IDEA Public Schools.  IDEA Southern Louisiana Is Opening Schools In Your Neighborhood In August of 2018, IDEA Public Schools will begin serving more than 1,000 K-2nd and 6th grade students in the Baton Rouge community.  Read on to learn more about us! IDEA is a family of tuition-free public charter schools committed to seeing each child to and through college. We achieve our record of 100% college acceptance through a focus on core subjects, critical thinking and college preparedness. IDEA’s expert teachers partner with students and families every step of the way to ensure students are prepared for success in college and life. Our approach is different – and it works! We ensure your child succeeds: IDEA takes careful...

In our family we have rules surrounding electronics. I have barely lived in the world where my son has a cell phone, and already I realize I've made a mistake. Isn’t that half of what parenting is all about? Mistakes and then learning. We decided our son would have an iPhone once he was in middle school because he was riding the bus home in the afternoons. I set up his iCloud account so that I had to approve all apps before purchasing. Our first rule surrounding social media was that our son had to remain friends with us on social media so that we could see posts, comments, etc. We set times that are to be “phone free” and rules...

Disclosure :: This post is sponsored by IDEA Public Schools. You may have read in a recent article in The Advocate that less than 8 percent of Louisiana public high school students earned college credit in high school, well below the U.S. average of nearly 22 percent for 2016. In fact, the state ranks 49th in the nation for students scoring well enough on Advanced Placement (AP) exams to get a head start on college credits. IDEA Public Schools, a public charter network expanding to Baton Rouge in 2018, understands the importance of providing students with access to AP courses and college-level classes, which is why the network developed its Advanced Placement (AP) For All Program. Through this program, IDEA Public Schools ensures...

This spring and for the first semester ever, TOPS will not be paying full tuition for Louisiana students who have earned the funding by scoring a 20 on the ACT and earning a 2.5 GPA in high school. Instead funding will be cut, and Louisiana students and their families will be forced to pay about 60% of their spring semester bill. But guess what? This mom of four, who has to pay college tuition four times over should her children choose that path, doesn't want to hear you whine about it. Nope, I don't want to hear one moan. Instead, I want to see you DO something about it. Because you, Louisiana college students, are in the unique position to make a statement about...