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“Education is the transmission of civilization.”
Ariel and Will Durant

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Without solid and appropriate education, a community will remain stagnant. Good education cannot happen without teachers still being willing to be the student. For the past several years, The Rapides Foundation has used this idea to increase student achievement in Central Louisiana. Recently, the Foundation shifted its focus to science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and career and technical education (CTE).


	More Information To read previous e-newsletters on education, click below March 2009 August 2009

Education

The level of educational attainment is related to health status. For that reason, the Foundation devotes 25 percent of its spending to its education initiative. We focus on quality high school graduation, effective schools, improved teaching and learning, and leadership and instructional development.

We provide professional development and leadership development to superintendents, principals and teachers in nine parishes. As a result of this intensive training, principals and teachers become instructional leaders, teachers utilize new and better instructional strategies, and, ultimately, student achievement improves.

Our Systemic Initiative focused on literacy for the past five years. This year we shifted that focus to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and career and technical education (CTE).

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