The Louisiana NAACP released the following statement about schools reopening statewide during the worsening COVID pandemic: We are now calling on the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to immediately: 1. Suspend testing for […]
“I’m so excited to be partnering with Dillard University,” said multi-Grammy Award winner PJ Morton who was recently named the new artist-in-residence at Dillard University. “As both an HBCU graduate and a New Orleanian, it’s […]
Grambling, Dillard, and Xavier have received part of a $10 million funding to change the complexion of the beverage alcohol industry […]
East Baton Rouge Parish School Board has selected Sito Narcisse as superintendent following the abrupt resignation by Leslie Brown. After hours of public comment and debate over his qualifications and record in other districts, the […]
Through the MyGRIT Course, creator and owner Lisa Batiste helps students deepen their learning by increasing their critical thinking ability. […]
As president of the state’s association of educators, Tia Mills Ph.D. is a leading advocate for teachers who is intentional about building collective support for educators especially during the nation’s most erratic academic year caused by the coronavirus pandemic. […]
Gov. John bel Edwards appoints members to the Board of Supervisors of Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College and University of Louisiana System. The Board of Supervisors of Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College is […]
With a new presidential administration, we have an opportunity to begin on the path to a strong recovery from the pandemic. But COVID-19 recovery cannot happen without education recovery. And true education recovery must focus on ensuring every child’s civil right to quality teaching and learning in our nation’s public schools. […]
In Southeast Los Angeles’s most under-resourced and predominately diverse neighborhoods of Compton, Lynwood, and Bellflower, David Anderson has served as an educator in the expanding learning and youth development space for more than 15 years. The General […]
The National Park Service recently announced a grant of nearly $500,000 to Southern University and A&M College for the preservation of a historic structure on the Baton Rouge campus. The grant, one of 18 awarded […]
Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome recently hosted the groundbreaking of a half-acre school garden at Capitol High School. The garden is a result of the collaboration of Geaux Get Healthy, a program out of the Mayor’s […]
The Department of Ag Sciences will develop a virtual reality lab […]
Baton Rouge Community College has named Michelle D. Dennis, Ph.D. the new dean of nursing and allied health. In this role, Dennis will oversee degrees and certificates in the nursing, practical nursing, medical assistant, diagnostic medical […]
Students in grades 9-12 will have classroom instruction on the school’s campus everyday except Wednesdays for the remainder of the fall semester. High school seniors will also be required to take the ACT on their high school campus on Tuesday, Oct. 6. […]
Urban Restoration Enhancement Corporation recently selected Kyra Griffin as the 2020 Ronnie Edwards Scholarship recipient. Griffin is a recent graduate of Zachary High School where she earned a 3.6. grade point average. She is an […]
The Early College Academy is being piloted with freshmen and sophomore students from Broadmoor High School. The degrees offered during the first year are in information technology with either application developer or networking and vehicle maintenance technology. […]
The University becomes the first higher learning institution with an esports pipeline servicing K-12 through graduate school students. Southern University and A&M College is creating an official varsity esports team, joining more than 300 colleges and universities […]
Louisiana teens are invited to apply for “My Voice Matters — Speak Out about Social Justice” YLA of Baton Rouge one of only eight nationwide selected to offer this free, innovative program. Applications must be received by Sept. 30. Applicants accepted into the program will receive notification by Oct. 9. […]
Alumna returns after successful careers in professional sports and higher education […]
Students in 7th and 8th grade will be able to join PreK-6th grade students attending school on campus five days a week. High School students will also begin transitioning back to campus on a staggered entrance, beginning Monday, September 14. If you would like your junior high or high school student to engage in school fully online, you must complete our Full Virtual Intent Form. […]
Louisiana State University in Shreveport is proud to announce Kenna Franklin, EdD, as the new assistant provost for diversity, inclusion, and community engagement. She will lead and coordinate university-wide initiatives fostering and sustaining a diverse, inclusive, […]
Displaced families will receive a reduced cost to attend Catholic schools in the Diocese of Baton Rouge. Instead of a registration fee, a small application processing fee may be required. No other usual fees will be charged to displaced families. Likewise, the cost of annual tuition will not be charged, and the monthly tuition cost will be set by each school. […]
Tip “T.I.” Harris will deliver the Saturday keynote address for the Southern University Law Center’s virtual Sports and Entertainment Symposium. “At the Law Center, we strive to present continuing education seminars where we align our […]
Fall 2020 classes at Baton Rouge Community College begin on Monday, Aug. 17 with a variety of teaching formats in place, including online, in-person, and hybrid classes that will allow students to receive the necessary […]
The East Baton Rouge Parish School System has launched an online resource for families to sign up for mobile hotspots and devices to accommodate students for its all-virtual model. As of now, students will learn […]
Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome and Healthy Blue, in collaboration with The Safety Place and the Big Buddy Program, are hosting Total Teen Takeover 2020 next week. Baton Rouge youth agencies and business partners are collaborating to […]
Over the past year, Southern University at Shreveport in Louisiana has started to gradually introduce Apple coding and creativity curricula to students, faculty, staff, and community members. […]
The superintendent of the East Baton Rouge Parish School system, Warren Drake, has released an updated about the school system’s reopening plan for the 2020-21 school year. On Friday a message was sent out to […]
Southern University Becomes First Historically Black University to Launch THC Line of Medical Cannabis Products […]
The Center for Development and Learning has hired DeJunne’ Clark Jackson as the vice president of program development. Jackson, who is a mother of a “double-deficit, comorbid, bright, insightful, and kind-hearted dyslexic child,” has an in-depth knowledge […]
Lucius J. Barker, a Stanford University political scientist who specialized in constitutional law, civil liberties and African American politics and served as president of the American Political Science Association, has died. Among his students were politicians Cory Booker, Tony West and Julián and Joaquin Castro. Barker attended and later taught at Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge. […]
The Louisiana Senate Committee on Education, chaired by Senator Cleo Fields, is holding a hearing on Thursday, June 25, 2020 at 6pm in the John J. Hainkel, Jr. room of the Louisiana State Capitol to discuss plans […]
13-year-old Troy Murphy, a student at Southern University Laboratory School, recently won the High School Esports League‘s national competition. Murphy competed in the NBA 2k20 division championship on June 6 and earned $1,000 in scholarships […]
The East Baton Rouge Parish School System is currently developing plans for the 2020-2021 school year. In order for officials to design the safest and most practical back-to-school options, they are asking families to complete […]
In an open letter, EBR citizens wrote, ” Her interview demonstrates that she values Robert E. Lee and the systemic racism that he represents far more than the students and families that she has committed to serve as a member of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board.” […]
Two Landry-Walker High School seniors made history in New Orleans, becoming the first male students and first cousins to graduate from the school as the valedictorian and salutatorian on June 12, 2020. Keisean Garnier and […]
As the first round of Louisiana Pandemic EBT (P-EBT) cards arrive this week, recipients should be on alert for plain white envelopes with an Austin, Texas, return address. The envelope will include the household’s P-EBT card along with […]
VIPS is having a virtual Songs of Hope concert featuring songs requested by the public performed by phenomenal singer-songwriter, David Sylvester Jr. The song requests are songs that bring encouragement, joy, and hopefulness when needed. […]
Masked up and practicing physical distancing, McKinley Senior High School senior Micah Jones tells East Baton Rouge Parish 2020 graduates to “do all you can do to reach your fullest potential.” Read Jones’ speech along […]
The East Baton Rouge Parish Library will move into Phase 2 of its phased re-opening process starting Monday, June 1. “Although we were pleased to offer digital services over the past weeks, and then to […]
In speech after speech, 2020 graduates are being encouraged and celebrated in unprecedented fashion from outdoor celebrations like the one hosted at the Louisiana Leadership Institute to virtual commencement speeches by national leaders and celebrities […]
Volunteers in Public School presented Apple Awards to 18 in-school volunteers who serve as reading or math friends in East Baton Rouge Parish schools. Honored were: Mary Elizabeth Richardson, Cedarcrest-Southmoor Elementary; Nancy Ballard, Audubon Elementary; […]
Tangipahoa Parish School Superintendent Melissa Stilley announced Friday that the seven TPSS high schools will wait until late June to provide the Class of 2020 an opportunity for more traditional graduation ceremonies. Stilley said the […]
New Orleans native Jamon Williams said his life’s calling is to teach and help others prosper by learning. In 2015, Williams answered that call by enrolling in Southern University New Orleans and joining the Honoré […]
Ponchatoula resident and Southeastern Louisiana University professor of organic chemistry Jean Fotie, Ph.D., was awarded a $265,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. Fotie plans to develop greener and sustainable catalytic methods to reduce the […]
Financial advisor Suze Orman will serve as a special guest contributor for the final installment of Mayor Broome’s Financial Literacy Online Workshop series this Thursday. The final webinar installment is Assessing Spending Habits During COVID-19 […]
Grambling State and Southern University will receive a combined $1 million from the National Park Service, according to Senator Bill Cassidy’s Office. The money, according to a release, will be used to preserve historic structures […]
Southern University System will have seven representatives on Governor John Bel Edwards Louisiana COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force. The task force will focus on research and actions to improve health outcomes and equity for the […]
“We call upon Governor Edwards to take immediate action to ensure that no child in Louisiana is deprived of food or an education,” said LDF Senior Counsel Michaele N. Turnage Young […]
EBR Schools, Ballard Hospitality, and Kleinpeter Farms partner to deliver shelf-stable meal boxes for breakfast and lunch to families through April 30. […]
Frog Tutoring, LLC now offers free online K-12 classes in math, English Language Arts, and science led live by an instructor to help students across the country continue their educational pursuits while the country faces […]
In an effort to increase community support at public schools in North Baton Rouge,Volunteers In Public Schools invites all faith-based organizations to participate in the North Baton Rouge AIM Grant. VIPS will award four faith […]
Sunday, March 22, Governor John Bel Edwards issued a statewide stay-at-home order that requires all Louisianans to shelter at home except for essential tasks beginning at 5 pm on Monday, March 23. As a result, Caddo, Bossier, […]
Food trucks, organized by the Three O’clock Project, will go through 44 EBR apartments, parks, churches, and schools starting Monday, March 23, with drop stops in Plaquemines and Jefferson parishes. […]
Job Corps Centers throughout the nation have placed their students on an indefinite spring break with the first possible date of return being April 14, 2020, said officials. “This spring break not only provides clarity […]
SU Ag Center holds successful 77th Annual State Livestock Show For 77 years, Southern University has continued the tradition of providing an opportunity for youth throughout Louisiana to gain valuable knowledge and skills at its Annual […]
As a result of COVID-19, East Baton Rouge Parish Head Start Program will begin distributing breakfast and lunch to Head Start families beginning Monday, March 23rd, at the following Head Start Center locations from 10am-1pm. […]
The Tangipahoa Parish School district has designated 12 convenient school-based sites where families can pick up two meals per child per weekday. Every child will receive a bag lunch for that day and a packaged breakfast for the following day. […]
K-12 school students and others using the school-based Clever software will find a new section of applications to help students continue studies while schools are closed. Under the Core Instructional Resources for COVID-19 section within […]
Southern University throughout March will celebrate its annual Founders’ Day. The university, which was established in 1880, is celebrating “140 Years of Excellence and Impact” in Louisiana and throughout the world. The Convocation, to be […]
Local teens can discover the power of their voice Saturday, March 28 at JOLTcon, at Goodwood Library. First of its kind in Baton Rouge, this conference is planned and hosted by the young adults of […]
Urban Restoration Enhancement Corporation is accepting applications for the College & Career Ready Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Institute, which is available to high school students in greater Baton Rouge with a GPA of 2.5 of higher […]
Applications are being accepted for the 2019-2020 Young Leaders’ Academy of Baton Rouge, Inc. The Young Leaders’ Academy of Baton Rouge, Inc. (YLA), is a program of academic excellence, leadership skill development and personal development […]
She uses her art in the way protesters use their voice, leaders use their influence, and nations use their power. […]
Antoinette Harrell, known as the “Slavery Detective of the South,” is on a mission to interview and document the oral histories of people who still live on plantations to this very day. Deangelo Manuel and […]
Historian Karlos K. Hill, Ph.D., a native of Bastrop, recently visited Centenary College of Louisiana as a part of the College’s Black History Month programming. Hill visited several classes and delivered a public lecture, “The […]
The Southern University Law Center continues to be a champion for innovation and access for all. Recently, the Law Center was selected to receive funding through a United States Department of Agriculture Distance Learning and […]
Student cellists Cecilia Spencer, of Baton Rouge, and Ethan Clay, of Zachary, were recognized nationally as they shined a light on African Americans competing in the world of classical music. A “No-Labels” broadcast piece produced […]
Geaux Get Healthy, A Project of Healthy BR Presents The Scotlandville PAC 2nd Annual Gumbo Run
Louisiana Association of Educators president Tia Mills,Ph.D. issued the following response to Superintendent of Education John White’s resignation from the Louisiana Department of Education: While LAE members wish Mr. White the best in his future […]
Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles has launched the sale of Southern University “Human Jukebox” Supporter license plates. Visit OMV for more information on purchasing the new plate.
The Metropolitan Baton Rouge Chapter of 100 Black Women Inc will kick off their second annual BR Grow Girls mentoring initiative on Saturday, Jan. 25 at the Louisiana Leadership Institute. The program, which serviced more […]
The founders of Melanin Origins, a children’s book company that publishes biographies about African-American leaders, are offering their English-Language Arts Black History Curriculum for 99-cents through February 29, 2020. Since 2016, Melanin Origins has provided […]
When the classroom is no longer a safe space for her child, a grieving mother is determined to seek justice for her bullied daughter. Enter hard-charging attorneys Angela Evans and Jenny Ungerman. From the start, the two lawyers face more than an uphill battle. […]
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