January 28, 2010
Louisiana
By MICHELLE MILLHOLLON @ The Advocate Capitol News Bureau
Gov. Bobby Jindal told business leaders Tuesday that colleges should have more control over tuition and fees.
Jindal’s comments at the Baton Rouge Business Report’s Power Breakfast echo a recommendation by the Louisiana Postsecondary Education Review Commission that could lead to a 25 percent tuition increase at LSU.
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January 26, 2010
Louisiana
By WILL SENTELL @ The Advocate Capitol News Bureau
Major changes for some public schoolteachers could begin later this year and be operating in East Baton Rouge Parish and 27 other districts by 2012, state officials said Monday.
The new rules would include:
Linking teacher pay, promotion and retention to student performance.
Requiring ineffective teachers to get professional assistance, or face [...]
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