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Thank you Senator Kennedy for your call for school choice in Louisiana
Posted on 11/22/23 at 6:04 pm
Posted on 11/22/23 at 6:04 pm
My number one issue in state politics is school choice.
Today Senator Kennedy opined in a letter to the Shreveport Times supporting moving Louisiana to a voucher system.
It's Time for School Choice In Louisiana
exerts
Today Senator Kennedy opined in a letter to the Shreveport Times supporting moving Louisiana to a voucher system.
It's Time for School Choice In Louisiana
exerts
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School choice programs vary, but they all boil down to this foundational principle: Parents should be able to take their children out of failing schools and place them in schools that can help those children thrive. School board members have to earn parents’ votes and schools should have to earn each student’s enrollment.
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Closer to home, Mississippi jumped from 50th in the nation to 35th after passing a voucher program and implementing a policy that refused to allow third graders to move onto the fourth grade unless they could read at grade level. Mississippi made all this progress while spending less per student than all but four other states. It’s no wonder that 75% of Louisiana parents with school-aged children support school choice.
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School choice recognizes two truths that are key to Louisiana’s future: Every child can learn and competition makes everyone better. School choice gives parents power, students hope and every school a greater incentive to help young people succeed.
This post was edited on 11/22/23 at 6:07 pm
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Posted on 11/22/23 at 7:20 pm to I B Freeman
If the school everyone wants to go to is full where do the kids with vouchers go
Posted on 11/22/23 at 7:21 pm to I B Freeman
This guy!!!
Instead of opining letters he could have challenged JBE in 2019 and easily won and affect change in Louisiana for the better. But being Senator is much more cozy than actually doing something.
Instead of opining letters he could have challenged JBE in 2019 and easily won and affect change in Louisiana for the better. But being Senator is much more cozy than actually doing something.
Posted on 11/22/23 at 8:16 pm to jralspanky
today they go where a bunch of bureaucrats say to go
if the good schools can't handle the traffic competitors will arise very quickly to handle the demand for good schools---some of them new, some of them existing that to stay in business have to improve
if the good schools can't handle the traffic competitors will arise very quickly to handle the demand for good schools---some of them new, some of them existing that to stay in business have to improve
Posted on 11/22/23 at 8:51 pm to I B Freeman
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the demand for good schools
You mean voucher deposits. When government gets involved there is no incentive to be good at anything. That's just more government schools.
Posted on 11/22/23 at 9:20 pm to I B Freeman
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if the good schools can't handle the traffic competitors will arise very quickly to handle the demand for good schools
Is that what happens elsewhere?
Posted on 11/22/23 at 9:41 pm to I B Freeman
School choice worked great in New Orleans.. at funneling money to Democrat and Islamic operatives.
Posted on 11/22/23 at 9:44 pm to I B Freeman
It’s time to abolish public funding of schools. Eliminate mandatory education. There is enough foundation $$ to educate the few poor families that actually want to educate their children.
Posted on 11/22/23 at 11:35 pm to BeepNode
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School choice worked great in New Orleans.. at funneling money to Democrat and Islamic operatives.
That wasn’t even close to school choice.
The money should be attached to the child and the parent(s)/guardian should decide what school they go to.
Parental choice is key. It should operate like the GI schooling system. Use it for public, private, or religious institutions of your choice. Or refund of actual cost of home schooling.
Posted on 11/23/23 at 4:08 am to Zephyrius
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he could have challenged JBE in 2019 and easily won
Posted on 11/23/23 at 4:35 am to Gaspergou202
Vouchers and charters in New Orleans have been a huge success. Orleans Parish was the lowest rated school system in the state in 2001. Now it rated about mid way. Think about that---the largest system in the state has moved ahead of much smaller systems in terms of test scores. We are not talking a school here or a school there--it's the entire system. A huge task that no school board in the state has matched in terms of relative improvement.
Posted on 11/23/23 at 7:06 am to I B Freeman
Louisiana already has vouchers. It doesn’t work.
Orleans has plenty of terrible schools. The difference between pre-Katrina and post-Katrina Orleans schools has nothing to do with vouchers and everything to do with federal dollars and population shifts. There is a huge movement by parents in New Orleans to change the charter school system because of the failing schools there.
I hate this talking point. Mississippi actually put its money where its mouth is and did a complete revamp of K-4 education. Politicians in Louisiana only pick the parts they want to say that’s why it succeeded. The schools said you have to read at a certain level by 3rd grade, but if you don’t there are tons of programs to get those kids to those levels. It has nothing to do with vouchers and isn’t simply testing in 3rd grade.
The issue is pretty simple. Louisiana (like most of America) does not value and prioritize education. And instead of fixing the problem, we run away from it. It’s the St. George thing in a nutshell. We don’t like the schools in EBR. But instead of fixing them which is hard, they create a new city which will have the same problems at some point.
I’m not saying I know the answer, but vouchers are lazy political pandering.
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Vouchers and charters in New Orleans have been a huge success. Orleans Parish was the lowest rated school system in the state in 2001. Now it rated about mid way.
Orleans has plenty of terrible schools. The difference between pre-Katrina and post-Katrina Orleans schools has nothing to do with vouchers and everything to do with federal dollars and population shifts. There is a huge movement by parents in New Orleans to change the charter school system because of the failing schools there.
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Mississippi jumped from 50th in the nation to 35th after passing a voucher program and implementing a policy that refused to allow third graders to move onto the fourth grade unless they could read at grade level. Mississippi made all this progress while spending less per student than all but four other states.
I hate this talking point. Mississippi actually put its money where its mouth is and did a complete revamp of K-4 education. Politicians in Louisiana only pick the parts they want to say that’s why it succeeded. The schools said you have to read at a certain level by 3rd grade, but if you don’t there are tons of programs to get those kids to those levels. It has nothing to do with vouchers and isn’t simply testing in 3rd grade.
The issue is pretty simple. Louisiana (like most of America) does not value and prioritize education. And instead of fixing the problem, we run away from it. It’s the St. George thing in a nutshell. We don’t like the schools in EBR. But instead of fixing them which is hard, they create a new city which will have the same problems at some point.
I’m not saying I know the answer, but vouchers are lazy political pandering.
Posted on 11/23/23 at 7:15 am to I B Freeman
Last year in GA, 18 GOPe state lawmakers blocked a school voucher bill from passing that was otherwise good to go. At least you know where a Democrat stands. Sorry for the ADD rabbit trail, I had to vent.
Posted on 11/23/23 at 7:22 am to I B Freeman
Would this mean the LHSAA split would be over? If so I vote to move in this direction.
Posted on 11/23/23 at 7:25 am to I B Freeman
As someone with insane property value largely due to the fantastic public schools, noooo thank you
Posted on 11/23/23 at 8:00 am to Suntiger
BS
Charters and vouchers work in Orleans Parish. The government school profiteers hate it but there is no question that on a relative basis education levels in Orleans Parish have progressed much further than in the systems still completely government run.
Charters and vouchers work in Orleans Parish. The government school profiteers hate it but there is no question that on a relative basis education levels in Orleans Parish have progressed much further than in the systems still completely government run.
Posted on 11/23/23 at 8:03 am to Zephyrius
quote:yep. Like a true politician, he’s only looking to enrich himself. Doesn’t gaf about the citizens of Louisiana, unless that citizens has a bug bank account
But being Senator is much more cozy than actually doing something.
Posted on 11/23/23 at 8:03 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Why would good public schools be afraid to receive the state portion of their funding through vouchers??? Are they going to lose students if they have good schools?--no
Posted on 11/23/23 at 8:05 am to I B Freeman
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if the good schools can't handle the traffic competitors will arise very quickly to handle the demand for good schools---some of them new, some of them existing that to stay in business have to improve
Louisiana already offers school vouchers to poor kids. Even St. Betsy DeVos admits that Louisiana’s voucher program is a failure.
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