Education

The search committee for the next president-chancellor of the Southern University System today announced semifinalists.

A couple of Head Start programs in Caddo Parish are being forced to close due to COVID-19.

Most schools are back in session after the holiday break and Arkansas leaders say the new term is bringing added challenges in keeping students and staff safe.

Another Northwest Louisiana school system is telling teachers, staff and faculty to mask up.

A difficult profession was made even more challenging when classes moved online due to COVID and teachers were forced to adapt.

Louisiana State University at Shreveport Chancellor Larry Clark issued a message on the afternoon of Monday, Jan. 3 regarding changes in the upcoming spring semester.

The mandate is temporary and extends to all students, faculty and staff when on school property.

The superintendent of the St. Helena Parish School District has gone viral on social media!

In addition, the university has encouraged faculty and staff members to get vaccinated or create a testing cadence.

LSU's president has given instructors the option to teach remotely during the first two weeks of the spring semester as COVID-19 cases climb

The spring 2022 semester is about to begin, and Southern University at Shreveport (SUSLA) is announcing its COVID-19 protocols.

Greg Kata, a theater teacher, has turned a passion project into a side business.

High schools students in Shreveport are honoring the late Isiah Sherman Jr., who died the week of Dec. 20

Louisiana schools should reinstate their face mask mandates, they say

After reviewing the most current community spread data; infection rates across staff and students; and upon the advisement of our Health Advisory Committee, the East Baton Rouge Parish School System will continue the current mask guidance from the fall 2021 semester.

President Biden extended a pause of student loan repayments through May 1

Over the past few years, NARCAN has been administered in Arkansas high schools, but access has been limited.

The Carthage ISD board of trustees has named a Tyler native and school administrator as finalist for its superintendent position.

Rumors have been circulating on various social media platforms about possible violence at Caddo and Bossier schools Friday, Dec. 17, however, school officials are dispelling these rumors.

Nearly 150 students at Woodlawn High School are out because of COVID-19.

The governor’s office says all current opt-out provisions for parents will remain in place, meaning no child will be forced to get vaccinated if their parents object to it in writing.

KLTV's Jamey Boyum talks with Longview ISD Superintendent James Wilcox about plans for a proposed bond election for the school district.

Data from the Louisiana Department of Education showed a 7.7 point increase in Red River’s ‘District Performance Score’ — the second highest in the state,

The three-time Grammy Award-winning artist, 26, graduated Saturday afternoon from Texas Southern University with a bachelor of science degree in health administration.

Surveillance testing has revealed “new probably Omicron cases within the Tulane community.”

"Right now all I’m feeling is crushing defeat."

A post by the school district says a former student was found on the high school campus Thursday.

As the pandemic has ebbed and flowed throughout the past two and a half years, student learning has constantly been modified and and even interrupted.

The proposal to require COVID-19 vaccines in K-12 schools has been a hot-button issue for months, but now, Louisiana leaders are ready to move forward.

The announcement was made Wednesday, Dec. 1 and applies to public spaces on all campuses for all fully-vaccinated people.