SHREVEPORT, La. - More than 100 Caddo Parish school employees are celebrating a long-awaited step forward in their years-long fight over pay disparities tied to a 2013 compensation policy change, after the Caddo Parish School Board voted Tuesday to hear their grievances.
On Tuesday, the Mercer County Fiscal Court passed a one-year moratorium on data center construction, the latest turn over months of tumultuous debate in the rural county over whether the community should welcome a hyperscale data center project. The county’s planning and zoning commission has also advanced an ordinance to regulate the siting and impacts […]
This November, Hoosier voters will see something new on their ballots. For the first time, school board candidates may appear with a party affiliation beside their names. The Indiana State Teachers Association opposed this change. We believed then, and still believe now, that decisions about local schools should be centered on students, educators and communities […]
BATON ROUGE, La. - Louisiana school districts may have to rework their budgets after the Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shifted millions in funds to teacher stipends or pay raises.
The Mat-Su school board recently passed a policy to arm classroom teachers. I’ve been struggling to find the right word to describe it. The district claims the policy is about “maintaining a safe and secure learning environment.” In a profession obsessed with research-based decision making, nothing supports the claim that armed teachers make schools safer, […]
NATCHITOCHES, La. — A new behavioral intervention initiative is coming to an elementary school in Natchitoches Parish to help the district's youngest learners.
SHREVEPORT, La. — Employees of the Caddo Parish Public School System will receive a 6% pay raise beginning July 1 following action by the Caddo Parish School Board, though the decision came after extensive debate over how the additional funding should be distributed.
SHREVEPORT, La. — A proposed 6% pay raise for Caddo Parish school employees is drawing mixed reactions ahead of a scheduled vote by the Caddo Parish School Board on Tuesday.
SHREVEPORT, La. - The Caddo Parish Juvenile Justice Committee met Friday to discuss a new pilot project designed to keep local children out of the justice system.
