Headlines – July 11, 2014
Louisiana: The State We're In
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Newsmagazine
Place Covered: Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2014-07-11
Duration: 00:03:56
Subjects: Education | Louisiana. State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education | Common Core State Standards Initiative | Educational vouchers | West Nile virus
Contributors:
- Whinham, Charlie Host
- Sanford, Shauna Host
- Waguespack, Stephen Speaker
- Nichols, Kristy Speaker
Description
This segment from the July 11, 2014, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Charlie Whinham and Shauna Sanford reporting on the week’s headlines. These stories include: the Jindal Administration rejecting the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Common Core compromise; Stephen Waguespack, the president of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI), speaking to the Baton Rouge Rotary Club about their support of Common Core; Commissioner of Administration Kristy Nichols speaking about the need for the Department of Education to procure a new contract for the Common Core assessments; the school voucher program awarding 8800 scholarships in 30 parishes; and the Department of Health and Hospitals announcing the discovery of three cases of West Nile Virus in Livingston Parish.