Louisiana ranks 37th in K-through-12 education in U.S. News and World Report’s latest rankings – that’s 9 places up from just two years ago. Superintendent of Education Dr. Cade says innovation in education is important, but what the state needed was to get back to the basics.
Cut 7 (11) “…little extra help.”
He says the state should be proud, but we still have a way to go.
The House Appropriations Committee approves a budget for next fiscal year that keeps teacher salaries at their current level. There’s been a concern that a two-thousand dollar stipend that teachers have received the last couple of school years would go away, but House Appropriations Chairman Jack McFarland announced today they have moved money around to make sure teachers do not see a drop in pay…
Cut 3 (10) “…charter school systems.”
The full House is expected to debate the budget bill on Thursday.
The Associated Press is reporting that President Trump and Governor Jeff Landry have discussed Congresswoman Julia Letlow challenging Senator Bill Cassidy in next year’s Republican primary. ULM political science professor Joshua Stockley says he’s not surprised Trump is getting involved in Louisiana’s Senate race, especially since Cassidy voted to convict Trump in 2021.
Saints quarterback Derek Carr has announced his retirement due to the development of a degenerative condition in his right shoulder and that leaves a trio of young men in the Saints’ quarterback room – Jake Haener, Spencer Rattler and Tyler Shough (“shuck”). Shough is a rookie, and Haener and Rattler have a combined total of zero wins as starting quarterback. Luke Jackson, who covers the Saints for NOLA-dot-com and The Advocate, says the quarterback competition is on.