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UL Team's iPad App is Apple Staff Favorite

CILAT on Mon, 09/19/2011 - 15:25

Geographia, an iPad app for teaching US states and capitals, has been selected by Apple as a "staff favorite". The app was designed and built by CILAT in the College of Education.

1 in 5 Parish Children Goes Hungry

Submitted Article on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 13:27

In November of 2010, the Economic Research Service at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its most recent report on Food Insecurity (FI), indicating that 50 million people in the United States are living in food insecure households, 17 million of whom are children. In Lafayette Parish, the Child Food Insecurity Rate (FIR)-- i.e., those children who live in some degree of hunger and want-- amounts to 1 in 5 children.

Picard Center & LITE Unveil Education Data Visualization

Submitted Article on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 09:47

LAFAYETTE, La. – A UL partnership with the Picard Center and LITE has produced a project that visually displays longitudinal data on individuals in Louisiana from birth into the workforce. The project, titled “Pathways to Louisiana’s Future,” will be showcased for the first time to the general public during LITE’s Open House on Friday, August 19 from 3-6 p.m.

New Iberia's Dominique Heads LA Youth Advisory Council

Submitted Article on Tue, 08/09/2011 - 12:53

Some of Louisiana's most outstanding students have been selected as new members of the Louisiana Legislative Youth Advisory Council (LYAC) and will work together over the next year in an effort to influence the legislative process and make the state a better place for young people. New Iberia's Alexis Dominique has been elected president of the LYAC, where she will be joined by Erath's Jordan Lange and Jeanerette's Robert Lancon. They are joined by Noelle Delhomme of Ascension Episcopal School, Brandy Milliman of Catholic High-New Iberia, and Adrian Oudomrath of Westgate High School who were appointed as alternatives.

UL, A&M Educational Game is Semifinalist in International Competition

CILAT on Thu, 08/04/2011 - 15:31

RiggleFish, an educational game designed by UL and Texas A&M, has been selected as a semifinalist in the Innovation in Interactive Media in Education category of the 2011 Adobe Design Achievement Awards competition.  RiggleFish is designed to teach scientific inquiry and genetics, and was developed by a team from UL's Center for Innovative Learning and Assessment Technologies (CILAT) working with faculty and students at Texas A&M University.

CABL Reviews the Legislative Session

CABL The Council for A Better Louisiana on Fri, 06/24/2011 - 15:03

Whatever one might say about this year’s legislative session, it’s one that started with a lot of big ideas.

Segura is the Honor Graduate for Education

Louisiana.edu on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 16:59

Tiffany Segura of Abbeville, daughter of James and Lula Segura of Lafayette, is the Outstanding Graduate for the College of Education. She’s a middle school education major.

Poll Says Public Supports Education & Health Care

Submitted Article on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 14:03

BATON ROUGE – As the state grapples with a difficult budget year it is clear that the Louisiana public is opposed to cutting primary and secondary education, health care, and higher education.

UL Student Paul Domingue

Sam Stokes on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 16:43

There are people all around who fight struggles the rest of us cannot imagine. The first thing you notice about Paul Domingue is that he's one cool guy... he's Drew Brees in the forth quarter, an 'I've been there before' kinda cool. The guy is a rock.

Harvard Report Questions 'College for All'

Submitted Article on Fri, 02/04/2011 - 15:18

WASHINGTON (February 2, 2011) - Despite decades of efforts to reform education, and billions of dollars of expenditures, the harsh reality is that America is still failing to prepare millions of its young people to lead successful lives as adults. Evidence of this failure is everywhere: in the dropout epidemic that plagues our high schools and colleges; in the harsh fact that just 30 percent of our young adults earn a bachelor's degree by age 27; and in teen and young adult employment rates not seen since the Great Depression.