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Pierre spoke on Wednesday at the Baton Rouge Rotary Club, where he highlighted the school's role as a “communiversity.”
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Many Louisiana school districts and colleges plan resumed classes on Friday after closing for Hurricane Francine.
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While the numbers don’t show as much growth as the last two years, students maintained recent gains.
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The East Baton Rouge Parish school board has again delayed its selection of a new superintendent.
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If the plan succeeds, it would exacerbate segregation and be a serious financial blow to Baton Rouge’s already struggling schools.
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"I can’t wait to be sued,” Landry said before signing the bill that will require all public school classrooms—including those at universities—to display the Ten Commandments.
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Supporters of the change, including Louisiana State Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley, say the old system set a low bar for students and lacks transparency.
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A wealthy Baton Rouge neighborhood has become its own city in order to try to create a new school district. Some residents call the move modern day segregation.
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State leaders decided again this year to not give teachers a permanent pay raise, opting for a one-time stipend instead. Many agree that educators are underpaid, but point to Louisiana’s looming deficit.
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Dustin Yates, a firefighter and former teacher, will lead St. George’s transitional government until it can organize an election, which he estimated could take up to 18 months.
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Lawmakers are adding back some of the money for public school teacher stipends next year as well as funding for early childhood education programs.
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Lawmakers in the Senate voted 28-7 to give final approval to a bill banning classroom discussion of sexual orientation in all public school classrooms.