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School systems and bus provider say a nationwide driver shortage is to blame.

Get essential education news and commentary delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up here for The 74’s daily newsletter. When a Florida elementary school principal was caught on video spanking a 6-year-old girl with a wooden paddle last month, it sparked national outrage and a criminal investigation. But for those who believed the principal should […]

Baton Rouge Business Report Louisiana is set to receive $773 million from the American Rescue Plan Act to fund early child care, but an early childhood advocate says if the state wants to see meaningful, lasting change, it needs consistent investment from the state. Only 46% of Louisiana third-graders are on track to master English and only 43% are on track to master math, a disturbing statistic that Louisiana State Superintendent Cade Brumley attributes to 60% of the state’s kindergarteners starting school already behind the curve, Louisiana Illuminator reports.  Calling early childhood ...

INVESTIGATIVE UNIT: Education boss busted with booze during Zoom meeting 5 hours 9 minutes 17 seconds ago Tuesday, April 13 2021 Apr 13, 2021 April 13, 2021 4:23 PM April 13, 2021 in Top Story Source: WBRZ Share: BATON ROUGE- If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a Department of Education boss is learning the hard way that a picture can be construed in a number of ways. The Louisiana Department of Education says alcohol is prohibited at work for in-person and remote employees. That employee, Andrea Burl, whipped out a bottle of Ciroc, a premium vodka, while nearly 40 people were on a c...

After the bank failed the building was transformed into the Orange Blossom Hotel, and welcomed guests for many years; today it serves as exclusive Orange Blossom Tower Condominiums. Interestingly the 1920s era Otis elevator is still operational. One of the threads that runs throughout Sarasota’s history though, is a singular disregard for those places which made this area so unique and desirable. It does not matter if the site in question is on the Local Register of Historic Places, or the National Register of Historic places. Nor is it a concern that organizations such as the Historical So...