University of Louisiana at Lafayette Economist Gary Wagner predicts the state will lose about 24-hundred jobs over the next 12 months as a result of a downturn in the economy. Wagner says a rise in interest rates is helping to stem the tide of inflation, but it’s also causing other problems…
cut 6 (11) “…slowing down”

The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education approves the state’s first accountability plan to measure success in kindergarten through second grade. State Superintendent of Education Dr. Cade Brumley says the state has lacked a strong measure on how K-through-second graders are performing, especially when it comes to reading…
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Beginning with the 2024-25 school year, students in grades K-through-second will take a literacy indictor that measures early literacy skills.

The Board of Regents has revised its admission standards allowing students who passed college courses in high school to be admitted into a university, even if they don’t have the required GPA or ACT score. Deputy Higher Ed Commissioner Tristan Denley says the boards has also made it easier for students to transfer from community and technical colleges to four-year university with a technical associate’s degree….
cut 9 (09) “…..their education”

The first set of Isle de Jean Charles residents who were living on an island that was vanishing as a result of rising sea levels has relocated to The New Isle resettlement community near Schriever in Terrebonne Parish. Pat Forbes with the Office of Community Development says 12 of the 37 families who’ve agreed to relocate moved into their new homes Wednesday.
Cut 10 (09) “…together.”
Nearly 100 residents will relocate to New Isle by the end of the year.