The Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education has unanimously approved new policies based on State Superintendent of Education Dr. Cade Brumley’s Let Teachers Teach workgroup. Brumley says the new policies free teachers from what he calls “onerous bureaucracy”…
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The policies also focus on expanding teacher autonomy.

Grambling State University makes history today by opening Louisiana’s first digital library building. Dean of the Digital Library and Learning Commons Adrienne Webber says keeping everything online gives everyone access to the most recent, relevant information.
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The digital library provides access to more than one-point-six million digital books and pieces of research material.

The Louisiana Department of Energy and Natural Resources has announced an offshore wind roadmap is being developed which will serve as a strategic guide as the offshore wind industry is set to grow in Louisiana. DENR spokesperson Patrick Courreges says they are holding a zoom meeting on September fifth and the public is encouraged to participate and provide recommendations…
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For more information go to Louisiana-offshore-wind-dot-com.

The World Health Organization has declared mpox, formerly known as monkey pox, a global health emergency as the viral disease has produced a more dangerous strain that has killed hundreds in Africa….
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That’s Tulane Epidemiology professor Doctor Susan Hassig. Health officials say a the risk for a widespread outbreak in the United States is low.