Why the Common Core will be a Disaster for Louisiana Public Schools
I attended a public education forum this week sponsored by the LAE. Parents and teachers were encouraged to ask questions about current education issues to a panel representing BESE, Superintendents, and teacher leaders. One question by a young teacher really got me thinking about where Louisiana public education is headed. One of the panelists had made the point that many of our students are handicapped by poverty and the various issues that arise from such an environment. The young teacher who teaches in a very low performing school that was taken over by the state and converted into a charter school asked a question that highlights the major problems caused in Louisiana by our Jindal reform movement.
He asked: “Do you think it is wrong to have the same high expectations of our students who come from high
He asked: “Do you think it is wrong to have the same high expectations of our students who come from high