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Avis Williams, superintendent of New Orleans' public schools, greets students on the first day at The Leah Chase School on Aug. 6, 2024.

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"If the state wants districts to pay teachers more then they need to send more money to schools." - Dannie Garrett, the Louisiana School Boards Association , (LSBA) executive counsel

Louisiana is investing in tutoring to boost reading scores. Efforts include human tutors and expanding a pilot with AI company, Amira Learning.

In Louisiana, more than 100,000 students are using an AI tutor that is helping to raise reading scores.

Slightly more students are graduating from public high schools in Louisiana, but many still struggle to get their diploma, according to data released Wednesday.

Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School for Sci Tech, a K-12 school, has an F-letter grade from the state and is among the lowest-scoring public schools in New Orleans.

WWNO - New Orleans Public Radio | By Matt Bloom Voters walk into a polling location in New Orleans on Nov. 5, 2024.

KaTrina Chantelle Griffin will represent Algiers and parts of the Marigny, Bywater and French Quarter on New Orleans' school board, while the other seat up for grabs heads to a runoff.

Schools could face a $36 million funding shortfall, nearly twice an earlier estimate, Orleans Parish School Board members told charter leaders on Friday.