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Lutrill & Pearl Payne
64%
increase in research expenditures from FY19-23
ESL
Only program in Louisiana where education students will graduate with the additional ESL certification
$1.1M+
Scholarships awarded
- 2014-2024
Featured News
Mary Nunnery-Williams, Manager of Schools and Community Relations at Louisiana A+ Schools (LAA+) at LSU, received the Excellence in Education Award from the Southern University chapter of Phi Delta Kappa (PDK), a nonprofit organization that supports teachers and school leaders by strengthening their interest in the profession through the entire arc of their career.
Faculty from the Lutrill & Pearl Payne School of Education achieved a commendable showing at the April meeting of the American Educational Research Association's 2026 conference in Los Angeles, CA, with original research presentations and service to the association.
Ashley Clayton, PhD, and Stan Barrera, PhD, associate professors in the LSU Lutrill & Pearl Payne School of Education, will serve as co-principal investigators on a five-year, $1.3 million TRIO Student Support Services - Teacher Preparation grant.
"Growing up, my teachers were some of the biggest influencers, so I wanted to be there for others in the same way. It was finding which niche I wanted to teach that took a while. But luckily for me, the process at LSU was smooth."
Aaron AngelTeaches 9th and 10th grade geometry and Introduction to Robotics for 10th - 12th grades.
