Louisiana

Education leaders who have seen major gains in student literacy in Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee say that state leadership, continuity and time are necessary for exporting those gains across the U.S.

Louisiana State University will offer an AI degree focused on the development and implementation of the technology, as well as accelerated 90-credit-hour bachelor's degrees in information technology and bioinformatics.

In answer to budgetary and enrollment woes, Louisiana is looking at whether to consolidate some of its universities or refocus their programs on industry-aligned programs in fields like cybersecurity and pharmaceuticals.

The tutoring and college-prep company Studyville Enterprises is nearly quadrupling its staff in the next five years and further developing its tutoring performance tracking and literacy software.

As of Feb. 1, school districts across Louisiana are legally required to have at least one camera in each special education classroom. Parents can request footage if they believe their child was abused or neglected.

LSU will work with Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois and Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee as a “bridge” between national energy research and the implementation of research findings on the Gulf Coast.

Rizwan Ahmed, who served as Louisiana’s CIO from 2006 to 2008, is the city-parish’s new information services director, bringing years of state-level IT experience to the role.

A break in service Thursday morning, which has been attributed to a domain name system service degradation, affected all state agencies. Its precise impact is unclear; however, an analysis is ongoing.

The Louisiana Department of Education is using a five-year $15 million federal grant to connect about 4,500 first- and second-grade students to live video tutors through Air Reading.

The Baton Rouge Police Department is the latest agency to train at LSU's National Center for Biomedical Research and Training/Academy of Counter-Terrorist Education, which uses virtual reality tech.

West Feliciana Parish is set to receive the new revenue through a 30-year agreement with Hut 8, a Miami-based company planning to build a $2.5 billion data center near St. Francisville, La.

A group of education leaders there will spend the next few months studying and making recommendations about how K-12 schools should implement AI as it rapidly upends everyday life.

The Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance has restored limited access to education savings accounts after an unspecified incident last week, which authorities are still investigating.

Websites and IT systems for the state's college-scholarship program and education savings account program are not working due to an unspecified technology disruption.

Equipped with $50 million, the Louisiana Growth Fund is one of Louisiana Innovation's first initiatives after launching earlier this year to prime the state in developing technology businesses.

The Office of Technology Services has emphasized those goals as part of a broader five-year strategic plan aimed at modernizing state tech services and enhancing the customer experience.

Louisiana’s capital city is looking for its next top technology exec as CIO Eric Romero prepares to depart. He has served three decades in its IT division and has been its director since 2012.

The work, to be led by CHAMP, will add automation, fraud prevention tools, and make service to customers faster. The Office of Motor Vehicles' 50-year-old mainframe was replaced earlier this year, easing online access.