Inside Report: School reform fights raging
After months of legislative and court battles, the seemingly endless tussle over how to improve Louisiana’s teacher ranks has entered a new phase.
Rather than high-profile fights, the issue is sparking lots of behind-the-scenes bickering, sort of an education guerilla war over how to get student achievement off the bottom of national rankings.
Teach For America?
The value of those 525 teachers — all high-achieving college graduates — has sparked bitter words among teachers, state school board member Lottie Beebe and state Superintendent of Education John White.
Some rank-and-file teachers question the credentials and commitment of their Teach For America colleagues.
White said the group offers another way to improve the state’s long-suffering public school system.
Beebe and others contend it makes more sense to rely on the state’s