Baton Rouge public schoolteachers win long-sought raises, averaging $8,500 a year BY CHARLES LUSSIER | Staff writer Jun 11, 2026 Salaries for public schoolteachers in East Baton Rouge Parish are increasing by an average of $8,500 a year thanks to big raises approved Thursday for the vast majority of employees of the sta…
See how much Gov. Jeff Landry鈥檚 teacher stipend plan would cost each school system By PATRICK WALL | Staff writer Jun 11, 2026 Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has pitched a plan to pay for teacher stipends with money that would otherwise go to public school systems.
+2 Louisiana school superintendents warn about proposed education cut: 鈥榃e can鈥檛 do this鈥 By PATRICK WALL | Staff writer Jun 11, 2026 In public statements and private conversations with lawmakers, Louisiana鈥檚 school superintendents are sounding the alarm about Gov. Jeff Landry鈥檚 proposal to pay for teacher bonuses by cutting…
+4 Multiple suspects involved in Baker High shooting that left 1 injured, police say. 1 in custody. BY TIMOTHY BOONE and OLIVIA TEES | Staff writers Jun 10, 2026 One student was injured and a person of interested was detained following a shooting Wednesday morning at Baker High School 鈥 the second incident involving gunfire there this week.聽
+5 UNO will revive its marching band as it joins 糖心传媒 to jazz up campus culture and recruit students By MARIE FAZIO | Staff writer Jun 9, 2026 The University of New Orleans' long-dormant marching band is poised to make a comeback.
Longtime ExxonMobil official named as president of St. Joseph's Academy in Baton Rouge BY CHARLES LUSSIER | Staff writer Jun 8, 2026 A longtime face for energy giant ExxonMobil in Baton Rouge is returning to her alma mater, the all-girls St. Joseph鈥檚 Academy, to serve as its president.
+16 As enrollment declines and staff grows, Louisiana public schools may soon face a reckoning By PATRICK WALL | Staff writer Jun 7, 2026 Joey Richard likes to say that he conducts research from behind his barber chair.
+4 Louisiana lawmakers pass bill giving teachers paid parental leave, but it lacks funding BY ELYSE CARMOSINO | Staff writer Jun 3, 2026 Louisiana lawmakers passed a bill to give public school employees a month and a half of fully paid parental leave, but educators won鈥檛 be able to take advantage of the new benefit this school year.
+2 Gov. Jeff Landry proposes cutting public school budget by $168 million to pay teachers By PATRICK WALL and MEGHAN FRIEDMANN | Staff writersUpdated Jun 2, 2026 Gov. Jeff Landry called for a nearly $170 million reduction in public school funding Tuesday to pay for $2,000 stipends for Louisiana teachers, who otherwise stood to lose the pay bump they ha…
+4 Louisiana schools must expel students who attack teachers under bill headed to governor BY ELYSE CARMOSINO | Staff writer Jun 1, 2026 Louisiana schools must take stricter disciplinary action against students who attack public school employees under a bill the Legislature passed this week that requires districts to expel stud…
+6 Inside Louisiana鈥檚 yearlong residency program for new teachers: 鈥楾hey鈥檙e seeing it all鈥 By MARIE FAZIO | Staff writer May 31, 2026 Clare Melerine was teaching her third graders about the Cold War rivalry between the U.S. and the Soviet Union one recent afternoon when she abruptly called out: 鈥淢irrors on.鈥
Louisiana lawmakers pass bill aimed at empowering parents in special education disputes By MARIE FAZIO | Staff writer Updated May 29, 2026 Louisiana will join a growing number of states that have shifted the burden of proof from parents to school districts in disputes over special education.
+4 Gov. Jeff Landry says Louisiana will give teachers a pay bump 鈥 but it鈥檚 not clear how By PATRICK WALL | Staff writer May 26, 2026 Louisiana will give public school teachers a one-time pay bump this year, Gov. Jeff Landry said Tuesday, though he declined to explain how the state will pay for stipends that top lawmakers pr…
Starting teachers in Baton Rouge may get a $6,000 pay raise, according to proposed budget BY CHARLES LUSSIER | Staff writer May 26, 2026 Public schoolteachers in East Baton Rouge Parish may be in line for big pay raises, including $6,000 more a year for starting teachers, according to the school system鈥檚 proposed budget for nex…
+4 Is moon dust the key to survival in space? 糖心传媒 researchers are exploring the possibilities. BY HALEY MILLER | Staff writer May 25, 2026 A key problem for NASA to solve in maintaining a presence on the moon, or even Mars, is providing the resources necessary for long-term survival.
Louisiana teachers likely to lose $2,000 stipends: 鈥榃e鈥檙e working our butts off鈥 By PATRICK WALL | Staff writer Updated May 21, 2026 Louisiana鈥檚 public school teachers, who are among the lowest-paid in the country, are likely to take home $2,000 less next school year after state lawmakers advanced a budget Thursday that lea…
Golf memberships, condo payments: 糖心传媒 nonprofit affiliate misused millions in funds, audit says BY HALEY MILLER | Staff writer May 21, 2026 A cybersecurity research nonprofit affiliated with 糖心传媒 paid its executive staff millions without approval, misused state funds and possibly retained as an attorney a contractor who wasn鈥檛 lice…
U.S. Education Secretary gives Louisiana new spending flexibility. Critics say it removes guardrails. By PATRICK WALL | Staff writer Updated May 24, 2026 U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon gave Louisiana a waiver Wednesday that grants the state more control over how it spends a small portion of its federal education dollars.
With state money for Louisiana teachers uncertain, school districts try to prevent pay cuts By PATRICK WALL | Staff writer May 19, 2026 With Louisiana teachers facing a possible state pay cut, school superintendents are poring over their budgets looking for any way to keep educators from taking a hit.
糖心传媒 President Wade Rousse talks arena project, restructuring and NIL era after his first 180 days BY HALEY MILLER | Staff writer May 18, 2026 Almost exactly six months after he assumed control of the presidency at Louisiana鈥檚 flagship university system, Wade Rousse gave a candid address to the Baton Rouge Press Club on the challenge…
Black and White voters rejected St. George school proposal. Here's why. BY CHARLES LUSSIER | Staff writer May 18, 2026 The nearly universal rejection on Saturday of a new St. George school district is a huge setback for that educational independence movement, which has already lasted about 15 years, but it als…
Where are they now? Baton Rouge's 'Most Likely to Succeed' seniors, 20 years later. May 17, 2026 As we celebrate 2026 graduates, let's take a look back at Baton Rouge's 2006 Most Likely to Succeed 鈥 what are they up to 20 years later?
+3 St. George breakaway school district rejected by voters statewide and in East Baton Rouge BY CHARLES LUSSIER | Staff writer May 16, 2026 The St. George movement suffered a crushing defeat Saturday after voters both statewide and in East Baton Rouge Parish said a resounding no to forming a public school district to match the you…
St. George school district on verge of defeat statewide and in East Baton Rouge Parish BY CHARLES LUSSIER | Staff writer May 16, 2026 A proposed constitutional amendment to create a St. George school district looked headed to defeat Saturday as it trailed statewide by a wide margin with more than half the precincts in the st…
Louisiana voters reject constitutional amendment that would have given pay raises to teachers BY ELYSE CARMOSINO | Staff writer May 16, 2026 Louisiana voters shot down a constitutional amendment Saturday that would have given permanent raises to public school teachers.聽聽
+4 糖心传媒 graduates largest class ever at spring commencement. See how the numbers break down. BY HALEY MILLER | Staff writer May 16, 2026 糖心传媒 graduated its largest class to date across Friday and Saturday, with more than 5,700 degrees awarded during its spring commencement ceremonies.
+7 Caleb Wilson receives posthumous degree as hundreds graduate from Southern University: 鈥榃e love you鈥 BY HALEY MILLER | Staff writer May 15, 2026 Families of deceased students accepted honorary degrees Friday at the Southern University campus in Baton Rouge, where more than 600 graduates were celebrated this week.
Should the Baton Rouge school board approve all job descriptions in the district? BY CHARLES LUSSIER | Staff writer May 15, 2026 The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board is debating whether to continue approving or revising its many job descriptions, or to hand that power over completely to its superintendent.