The Louisiana Department of Education says 92% of public school teachers evaluated this year received an effective grade. Superintendent John White says this report also showed that schools who expect more of their teachers, will see their students do better
CUT 14 (14) “learning goes up”
Two percent of teachers were classified as ineffective down from 4 percent last year.

Governor Bobby Jindal announces JP Morgan Chase has donated $1 million into the fund that helps technical colleges fund programs focused on training skilled workers. Monty Sullivan is the Louisiana Community and Technical College System President. He says this money will be used in a very targeted way to address the most high demand programs in Louisiana…:
CUT 7 (08) “engineering technology”

Health officials are urging you to avoid coming down with the flu as the season approaches. Eric Gill reports…:
CUT 1 (30) “reporting”

The Secretary of State’s Office is reporting that nearly 36 thousand people registered to vote in the November 4th election since August 1st. That puts the total voter roll at 2.9 million and Secretary of State Tom Schedler says voter turnout could be as high as 50 percent. Early voting is underway through Tuesday excluding Sunday.