Louisiana

Louisiana Affiliate

Through the support and leadership of the Louisiana Department of Education; the Governor's office; Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI); and College of Education at Louisiana State University; Just for the Kids-Louisiana is driving school improvement across the state. Leadership and funding from the Cecil J. Picard, Louisiana State Superintendent of Education, is helping to make this a reality.

Contact:
Susan Bonesteel
Director State Services, NCEA

For additional information on becoming a Just for the Kids state affiliate, click here.
New Executive Summary of the 2005 Louisiana Best Practice Institute

Welcome to the Just for the Kids - Louisiana, a school information Web site that provides actionable data and practices proven best in raising academic achievement and closing achievement gaps at all grade levels.

Since its inception in 1995, Just for the Kids' primary focus has been helping find and fulfill every school's potential for reaching excellence in student achievement. JFTK services and tools have been created to support school systems that accept the challenge of preparing ALL students for college and skilled careers. The JFTK strategy toward achieving excellence is embodied in three basic steps:

Step 1 - Inform: Analyze your school's achievement potential using Just for the Kids' consistency, opportunity gap and growth reports based on your state's academic test results

Step 2 - Inspire: Learn and compare your practices to those of consistently higher performers using the interactive Framework of Best Practices

Step 3 - Improve: Apply what you've learned in Steps 1 and 2 toward intentional and targeted improvement planning and implementation

Just for the Kids tools and services first became available for Louisiana in 2004 and currently include 2005 Just for the Kids School Reports for elementary, middle, and high schools. Consistently Higher Performing Elementary Schools in Louisiana also participated in a JFTK Best Practice Institute (2005).