Reading scores are up among the state’s youngest learners. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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The Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles says its system is back up after a statewide outage this morning. OMV field offices can once again process transactions. If you had an appointment this morning at your local OMV, you are asked to reschedule at express-lane-dot-org.
Louisiana’s teacher workforce is significantly less diverse than its population of college-educated adults, according to a National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) report. Teach for America Executive Director Ge’ron Tatum says some of this is due to limited pathways and elimination of teacher prep programs.
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Louisiana teachers earn 5-thousand-dollars less than the Southern regional average and 15-thousdand dollars below the national average, deterring people of color from entering or staying in the profession.
An Opelousas man faces numerous charges after he allegedly stole a school bus and crashed into several vehicles on Pinhook Road in Lafayette last night. Lafayette Police Senior Corporal Ashley Wood says following the collision, which resulted in moderate injuries for several people, 26-year-old Marion Baker stoke a truck from a bystander who stopped to help…
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Wood says Baker’s crime spree started after he fled from a mental health facility in Youngsville.