On State Takeovers of School Districts

A state takeover of a local school district takes away the voice of the taxpayers and parents and it’s questionable (at best) they even work.
Addressing education issues related to: parental rights, local control of schools, and classical liberal arts education.
A state takeover of a local school district takes away the voice of the taxpayers and parents and it’s questionable (at best) they even work.
Data Quality Campaign reports there are 238 bills related to education data in state legislatures this year so far, and less than a third (70) have anything to do with protecting student data privacy.
Shane Vander Hart: This year, Louisiana elementary schools are now required to teach cursive. Louisiana joins 15 other states that require the same and their students will be better off.
The square root symbol, in the past some high school students may have felt dread in the pit of their stomachs when they saw this symbol. Before it was due to a student struggling with math, but not anymore.
In New Orleans, we see a refusal to admit that perhaps the Common Core and aligned-curriculum is to blame for declining test scores and state ratings.
Sara Wood, a parent and education advocate in Louisiana, wrote an open letter to the Louisiana Senate Education Committee after they killed SB73.
Frustrated Louisiana parents complain that the Common Core review process currently underway in the state is cumbersome.
The Louisiana Standards are currently being reviewed and will be revised so now educrats want to drop the term Common Core because
The members of the Louisiana House of Representatives who negotiated new education standards now say BESE is not agreeing to a spirit of compromise.
The Baton Rogue Area Chamber parrots the same warning made by Common Core advocates about an expected drop in assessment scores to spin the impending news.