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Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Louisiana Educator: Lawsuit Aims to Vacate the Position of State Superintendent of Education

Louisiana Educator: Lawsuit Aims to Vacate the Position of State Superintendent of Education:

Lawsuit Aims to Vacate the Position of State Superintendent of Education


Ganey Arsement is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit to be filed today to have the courts declare the position of Superintendent of Education vacant subject to appointment by BESE and the Louisiana Senate.

Here is the Educate Louisiana post about this lawsuit. Arsement deserves great credit for researching the Louisiana Constitution and state law that govern the appointment of various state offices including the Superintendent of Education.

The following is my fact sheet based upon research of the actual results of White's administration and leadership of K-12 education in Louisiana. In addition to his failure to produce real results, White has engineered a demolition of the healthy teaching and learning environment in our classrooms and converted it into a mind-numbing exercise in constant testing and test-prep. Many of our most dedicated and effective teachers have been driven from the profession, and many others have lost their love of teaching as this testing mania grows each year!



Louisiana School Superintendent John White’s
Performance Record

Should John White be reappointed as State Superintendent of Education?

Qualifications? John White was appointed state superintendent of schools in January 2012 with the backing of Governor Jindal Louisiana Educator: Lawsuit Aims to Vacate the Position of State Superintendent of Education: