The state department of education instructs teachers and principals on best practices of virtual learning. Brooke Thorington
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The state high school football championship games are being moved to Natchitoches and are set to run for four days from December 27th to 30th. Matt Doyle has the story.
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Both the divorce and marriage rates in Louisiana fell significantly from 2009 to 2019. Matt Doyle has the story.
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The state department of education instructs teachers and school leaders on how to improve student engagement in the virtual classroom. Assistant Superintendent of Training and Learning, Dr. Jessica Chiasson says the workshop consists of three learning modules and so far, 2,600 have participated.
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Teachers now have free access to three 60-minute self-study modules to improve their virtual instruction. The modules offer tips, templates, and strategies to use in the virtual classroom. Chiasson says it’s vital instructors take time to get to know their students.
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Chiasson says while the pandemic and hurricanes have presented challenges this year, Louisiana teachers continue to provide high-quality virtual instruction.
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Governor John Bel Edwards was one of four governors to attend the White House Vaccine Summit Tuesday. US Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar said out of all COVID vaccination plans submitted to the CDC, governors of the top four states were invited. Edwards praised members of the Vaccination Action Collaborative for their work on the state’s plan.
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Edwards says following FDA approval of the Pfizer vaccine the state will receive 49,000 doses then another 40,000 doses the following week. Edwards says within 48 hours of receiving the second allocation they will begin shots in arms.
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The Louisiana Department of Health said 73,000 people who live or work in long-term care facilities is included in the first phase of the vaccine rollout, which is expected to stretch into January.
Edwards shared the state’s vaccination plan to reach underserved communities. He says the state already has a head start with the mass flu vaccination exercises and COVID-19 testing.
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The 2020 high school football Prep Classic state championships are being moved from the Superdome to Northwestern State in Natchitoches.
LHSAA director Eddie Bonine says it costs half a million dollars to rent the Dome for the games and they usually only break about even. He says current capacity restrictions just wouldn’t have worked…
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Bonine says they usually sell about 35 to 42-thousand tickets for the games, this year even a best-case scenario put that number far below that.
Bonine says New Orleans also could not commit to even allowing fans in the stadium by late December, and move to Natchitoches gives them a plan set in stone…
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The games will be held over a four day period from December 27th to 30th. Usually the championships only last three days.
It’s the first time the games won’t be played in the Dome since 2005 after Katrina, and Bonine says he understands how important it is to give the kids a world-famous venue…
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It’s only the second time the games haven’t been played in the Dome since they were first hosted there in 1981.
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The marriage rate in Louisiana was down about 20 percent from 2009 to 2019.
LSU Health New Orleans Professor of Clinical Psychiatry Dr. Richard Costa says most of the change in the marriage rate is due to millennials, who saw their boomer parents get divorced at historic rates.
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In Louisiana, the marriage rate in 2019 was 14.1 per 1,000 women aged 15 and over, nationally the marriage rate was is 16.1 per 1,000 women aged 15 and over.
Along with declining marriage rates, the divorce rate also declined by about 27 percent from 2009 to 2019. Costa says that’s because younger people are feeling less pressure to make hasty decisions.
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In 2019 the divorce rate in Louisiana was 7.3 per 1,000 women aged 15 and over and the divorce rate nationally was 7.6 per 1,000 women aged 15 and over.
The marriage rate has been declining steadily for about four decades now. Costa says a big part of that is increased economic freedom for women.
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What is going on with the LSU football program? After a dream season, it’s been a nightmare 2020 campaign. There’s a belief Coach Ed Orgeron has lost the team, the culture that Orgeron built to bring a national championship is gone and the players are out for themselves. 30-year-old LSU punter Zach Von Rosenberg says the locker room is still together
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Star freshman tight end Arick Gilbert is the latest player who could leave the program. Gilbert is reportedly dealing with home sickness and the physical grind of a tough season. Veteran offensive Liam Shanahan says the team is here for Gilbert
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LSU linebacker Jabril Cox says he can understand why Gilbert might be having thoughts of leaving…
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