Louisiana schools are still seeing a higher number of teachers retiring compared to what they saw three years ago. Scott Richard, director of the Louisiana School Board Association, says if there wasn’t so much uncertainty with Common Core and changes to how teachers are evaluated, many recently retired teachers would still be teaching….

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Nearly three-thousand K-through-12th grade teachers retired during the fiscal year that ended June 30th.

The Tallulah Police Department says a 3-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed himself after finding a loaded handgun in a home. Spokeswoman Yvonne Lewis says emergency personnel got the call around 4:10 Monday afternoon..

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Lewis says investigators did a test on the child and learned that the 3-year-old did in fact shoot himself.

The state Board of Regents releases a report showing students at colleges are more vulnerable when it comes to sexual assault because there is no statewide policy in place for handling such allegations. New Orleans Senator JP Morrell requested the report and says no two Louisiana colleges have the same guidelines for handling sexual assault accusations…

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He says Louisiana needs to establish a benchmark that all colleges must meet when it comes to the way sexual assault claims are handled,

According to officials, two students from Central High had to be removed from class and sent to the hospital Monday after having bad reaction to synthetic marijuana they smoked at school. Superintendent Michael Faulk says the teachers reported something just wasn’t right with the two boys in the classroom…

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Faulk says the case is now in the hands of the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s office.