Back to school time is in full swing and this year some Louisiana teachers will be evaluated based on how well their students do on tests. Some criticize the model as unfair because not all kids perform equally on standardized tests. But Brigitte Neiland with the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry disagrees…:
Cut 4 (12) “the same level”
About 15,000 of the state’s 50,000 teachers will be reviewed by the Value Added Model.

LSU faculty and staff are set to get a raise. LSU System President F. King Alexander says, each department will receive on average a 3 percent merit pay hike. Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope says this is great news for professors who haven’t seen a raise in years.
Cut 25 (09) “do their job”

LDWF’s Coastwide Nutria Control Program is searching for landowners and hunters in south Louisiana to help trap the invasive rodent….:
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Jefferson Parish authorities have charged a 23-year-old man with two counts of aggravated cruelty to animals after allegedly stabbing his girlfriend’s dogs during an argument. Investigators say Marcel Evans used a kitchen knife to stab two pit bulls several times in their neck and backs, but they survived.