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Alex Brandon/APState efforts to reduce testing have received broad support, though some educators warn the latest changes could make it harder for English learners to graduate. -
Matthew Perschall for Louisiana IlluminatorThe attorneys general referred to prohibitive security fees as the “assassin’s veto,” a play on the “heckler’s veto,” a phenomenon in which a controversial speaker’s right to free speech is curtailed by an overwhelming negative response.
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Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge will be closed through the weekend after officials called a lockdown Thursday morning due to a “potential threat.” -
A cash transfer program for high schoolers resulted in better attendance and more financial literacy, but no improvement in grades. -
Nine Southern University students who had their visas revoked by the Trump administration earlier this year have since had them reinstated, according to the university. -
The elementary school’s staff told the student not to come back to class without a “mental health evaluation,” district officials reported, based on a complaint from the student’s family. -
Nearly a quarter of third graders did not pass the state’s reading test on their first try. Many are now in summer school, preparing to take the test one final time. -
A search committee has been assembled to find LSU’s next president. -
A panel of three federal appellate judges has ruled that a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in each of the state’s public school classrooms is unconstitutional. -
Two former LSU employees are facing theft charges after allegedly stealing thousands in cash from the university bursar’s office. -
LSU has named an interim chief financial officer after its previous one left as part of a flurry of resignations from top administrators. -
Louisiana lawmakers are sending $7.5 million into three LSU System institutions to help replace lost federal research funding.
