With school starting around the state, teachers are educating kids in the classroom with no idea what assessment test will be given this year. Louisiana Federation of Teachers President Steve Monaghan says educators are frustrated and angry about all of this…:
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He says he hopes the state will use this year to evaluate teachers on performance in the classroom instead of end-of-year student test scores. Meanwhile the arguments over Common Core standards begin tomorrow.

State Police say a man who was pulled over on I-20 near Bossier Parish is dead after a struggle with officers while they were attempting to take him in to custody. They say the driver is identified as 34-year-old Rayshune Henry of Dallas, Texas. During the stop the driver ignored instructions by officers and refused to exit the vehicle according to investigators. They say he was tazed then started having trouble breathing. EMS later found a plastic bag containing a white substance deep in Henry’s thought. He died the next morning.

The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals confirms the state’s second West Nile virus death this year. Eric Gill Reports…:
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The New Orleans Police Department says seven people were shot while they were sitting on a porch in the Lower 9th Ward last night. They say two people died and among those injured are a 2-year-old and a 4-year-old child who are in critical condition. Investigators indicated there are no description of suspects available but witnesses observed a late model dark colored vehicle, possibly a Honda Accord, fleeing the scene.