re: Is Eddie Rispones campaign for real?

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they are not.

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if they are helping destroy public schools and teacher unions, they are.

Say what you want about him - he resonates with a helluva lot of people. The ride on Trump's coattails are free.

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Mr Rispone said HE/business had been working “hard for years” at reforming education and it was going well... so well, that other states were wanting to know what we(Louisiana) was doing...

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and yet here we are, still at the bottom

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Never change, Louisiana.

I was sittin in my drawes in front of the tv drinking a beer watching the news when I first saw his commercial. Told the wife HUMH I'd vote for him. I guarantee yall I aint the only one. Is his campaign real lets see I say yes

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I dont know how many times my kids are actually learning something but the teachers realize they aren't on the correct module and all of a sudden the boys have a test on something the next day that they have never seen before. This Is where my wife and I spend about 4 hours on google and try to figure out WHAT to teach. Then we find out on the next day that they delayed it or just gave them an open book test to get it out of the way. Either way it is just stupid

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Oh, I absolutely think some things need to be adjusted.

For example, one of my kids spent every day for a week at Starbase, which is an awesome STEM program. However, even though the teacher didn't actually teach anything that week, they still had homework every night and tests on Friday. (They would get back from Starbase about 90 min before the end of day bell). Basically the kids, i.e. parents, had to teach themselves the material for that week, because they weren't allowed to get off schedule.

Then, iLEAP is over by end of April, and May is basically nothing but field trips and movies.

I would push iLEAP back to mid-May, give the kids and teachers a couple of more weeks to actually learn and teach.

But again, except for rare circumstances, I don't want public schools in this state doing their own thing. There needs to be a lot of standardization. Individual schools and districts have proven they can't handle anything else.

I think we agree pretty much.

Your scenario is all too familiar!

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Throwing a thousand dollars a year at each teacher isn’t doing anything. The truth is Edwards threw the teachers a bone, but he hasn’t done a thing to upset the teacher’s Union, or to reform education. He is giving education lip service.

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The thousand dollar a year raise, “accomplished” in an election year, no less) was more of an insult to most of the teachers i know. I seriously doubt that gains him any votes.

And aside from the abortion bill, he’s not done jack shite else to improve this state in any area..raised taxes, expanded Medicaid which has been a financial disaster and will only get much worse, etc etc.