LA Times
Salutatorian Alasia Baker, 17, walking in front, and Khyli Barbee, 15, leave a graduation ceremony for Springfield Preparatory School this summer in Holden, La. Nearly 9,000 private schools in Louisiana don’t need state approval to grant degrees. Unlike public schools, formal home-schooling programs or traditional private schools, nearly 9,000 private schools in Louisiana don’t need state approval to grant degrees. …
