Education

State committee discusses how to keep Louisiana schools safe

By David Lippman
At a committee meeting held at the State Capitol today, officials discussed school security around the state.

LSU Summer Scholars Class of 2013 accepting applications

By LSU Media Relations
LSU University College’s Summer Scholars program is accepting applications for its class of 2013.

Local high school wins music program grant

By David D'Aquin
Christian Live Academy has an extra $15,000 for its band program. They won a grant from Rack Room Shoes after they received more than 21,000 votes in the company’s “Gift of Music” video contest.

Rotary Club speaker urges importance of early childhood education

By David D'Aquin
Education was on the agenda today for the Baton Rouge Rotary Club.

Private schools feeling the effects of voucher program doubts

By Alex Deiro
Voucher applications are open for parents to sign their kids up, but private schools accepting vouchers say they're seeing a lull in applicants for the program.

SU’s Sandra Brown earns nursing ‘Educator of the Year’ award

By Southern University Media Relations
Southern University School of Nursing Professor Sandra C. Brown was recently named “Nursing Educator of the Year” by the Louisiana State Nurses Association and Louisiana Nurses Foundation.

LELA wants to help you pay for your child’s college tuition

By Danielle Grossman
With financial aid deadlines approaching, parents and high school seniors are thinking about ways to pay for college. Today, one organization helped parents do just that.

SU to hold ‘Stop the Violence’ march, vigil on anniversary of Trayvon Martin’s death

By Samantha Morgan
Students from Southern University will host a “Stop the Violence March” tomorrow afternoon to commemorate the one year anniversary of the death of Trayvon

Teachers: Hurricane center to hold 'webinars' for students

By Kyle Myers
A series of hurricane awareness webinars presented by the "Hurricanes: Science and Society" team are set to air for students and teachers around the Gulf Coast on March 18 or 21.

Student outreach program aids students outside of the classroom

By NBC33 Staff
Louisiana officials have started an outreach program for students that is vastly different from most; the reason being - it's not in a classroom.
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Livingston parish school administrators excited about hiring more resource officers

By David Lippman
The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office and the school district want an additional four resource officers to patrol schools around the parish.
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Two schools in East Baton Rouge get Magnet School Award for Excellence

By Danielle Grossman
East Baton Rouge School District has been taking a lot of heat lately for their low performance but not the magnet schools. Two of the best magnet schools in the state are right here in Baton Rouge and now have awards to prove it.
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Alabama kindergarten class holds mock slave auction, parents outraged

By Samuel King
A Montgomery, Alabama mother says her child's teacher went too far in teaching a Kindergarten class about slavery.

Students celebrate Black History month with performances, discussion

By EBR Schools
The walls near the entryway of Valley Park Alternative School Thursday, February 21, were decorated in vibrant greens, reds and blacks with posters profiling and quoting African Americans who have made an impact on culture and history in the Un

Superintendent of Education White to unveil 'Louisiana Believes 2013-2014'

By Louisiana Department of Education
State Superintendent of Education John White will visit Chateau Estates Elementary School in Jefferson Parish today to unveil Louisiana Believes 2013-2014.