Armed by scientific studies, reading experts urged a resurgence of phonics, which helps children learn to read by sounding-out words, in a way well-known to older generations. But the state's third ...

The recent fire at Nottoway Plantation, which reduced the “big house” to ashes, serves as a stark reminder of the ...

These escapes were more than an act, they were a symptom. They signal the breaking point in a system long frayed by injustice ...

The recent escape of 10 individuals from the New Orleans Correctional Center has quickly shifted from a public-safety crisis ...

New research shows that typically, less than 10% of land-building alluvium reaches the Bird’s Foot Delta region, the ...

For the second consecutive year, a federal judge tells the DOC to provide Farm Line workers with protections from the sweltering Louisiana heat. Women hoeing in the fields at the Louisiana State ...

KIPP Leadership Academy's front sign shows state testing dates as the 2024-25 school year comes to a close. (Katy Reckdahl/The Lens) The Orleans Parish School Board will meet Monday morning to ...

Disciplinary incidents dropped sharply within the Orleans Justice Center with the advent of electronic tablets, which stay on for 17 hours a day, bringing those in the jail new options — movies, music ...