re: Why Louisiana Stays Poor

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Plenty of kids get a great education every year in Louisiana schools. The common denominator I would wager is stable family units and parents who actually parent their kids. Doesn’t matter if you’re writing on a smart board or a chalk board, 2+2 still equals 4.

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But the reason the parents don't care about education is because they aren't educated themselves. It's a vicious cycle. Lack of education has greatly influenced Louisiana's culture. These are not disparate concepts that function inside a vacuum.

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Bad demographics may be tough to overcome, but if there's any solution, it's definitely better education. Also, when talking about "bad" demographics, it's not just the poor, urban dwellers that bring Louisiana down. Many middle-class (and even upper middle-class) predominantly white areas in Louisiana have below par schools. The majority of high paying jobs in the modern world will require advanced education and based on the current state of things, Louisiana will fall further behind. 

It's fine to use tax credits to lure companies in, but they aren't going to stay if there's nothing else here for them. We need to find a balance, but I think a tilt toward education is the wiser choice.

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demographics by state.

Demographics have little overall to do with our problems. States of similar demographics still have strong business communities.

The biggest problem is simply the lack of industry outside of O & G. Quit treating LA likes it's a haven of white collar jobs.

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I would have chosen to smoke dope, frick girls and play video games as a teenager if I didn’t have parents who were in my life making sure I went to school, did my homework and knew who I was involved with at every stage of my minority.

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I chose to smoke weed and frick girls while having two involved parents...so far it has all worked out!

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Problem is with that is Louisiana spends more on education than many states.
State education expenditures per state

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And all that spending is just wasted dollars.

California spends just as much as Louisiana and they're just as fricked.

Which is why there are a million private schools in California.

Families gave up on public eduction a long time ago. Nobody wants to send their kids to school where they have to walk through metal detectors and their son is doing Multiplication tables tests in Math at the 8th grade.

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IQ is a combination of nature and nurture, but it definitely increases with education. It's a common myth that it doesn't.

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all 3 of these statements are debatable. there is no consensus on iq because there is no consensus on how to measure it. does the test measure native intelligence or developed skill(s)? no person has the ultimate authority in the matter. the pendulum swings one way or the other based on the cultural climate. for now, it is swinging towards the latter which means people are starting to say iq can change but the heart of the matter is testing; who gets to decide what the test is aimed at.

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The stupidity is due to lack of education

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wrong. in this day and age, people can find free education. churches all over baton rouge are offering free skills classes, esl, tutoring, etc.

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a culture that does not embrace education, knowledge, and progress

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BINGO. as i have said multiple times, my wife has personally seen kids go home and have the culcha undo what the teachers are teaching because that knowledge is "wypipo."

there is nothing stopping scotlandville residents from banding together and improving their community. absolutely nothing. yet, they went all in with the heinously evil tbr to stop the st george initiative because heaven forbid they lose someone's else's revenue stream.

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Lack of education begets more lack of education. Additional funding isn't going to solve everything overnight, but it's a start in the right direction. Better qualified and higher paid teachers, administrators, and higher ups (e.g. school board president) can do wonders for a school district. Whether it's more dollars per student or just educational reform in general, something will need to be done to fix Louisiana's education related woes.

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this is all red herring. it's culture, not the education system. the education system is without a doubt good enough for students to improve their situation.

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Regardless of how you describe corporate welfare, Louisiana's problem is that it doesn't have enough money to support the basic needs of its population.

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The state has plenty of money to cover the basic needs of the population.

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Functional, low tax states, such as Texas, don't give freebies to corporations without expecting anything in return...

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Industrial Property Tax Exemption only occurs when when state is getting something in return.

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and these states realize how important education is to the modern American dream.

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Texas deconsolidated school districts to better align with their communities. Louisiana Legislature said this can’t happen.

Many of suburbs of Houston ISDs spend 2K less per student than EBR and get amazing results.

Many groups from Louisiana have come and checked out the TX school system.

Only 2.6% of the children in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, and Austin attend private school.

In Baton Rouge and New Orleans it's over 26.4%.

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"Based on data from more than 600,000 participants, all told, psychologists Stuart Ritchie and Elliot Tucker-Drob have arrived at a rough estimate of how much an added year of education lifted participants’ IQ scores, on average: between 1 and 5 points."

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IQ is lost by pathological use of your brain. the lower class mentality rewards this pathological behavior. no amount of education is going to fix it, and it ruins the lives of the poor kids who do have the IQs to do something with their lives

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Bad demographics may be tough to overcome, but if there's any solution, it's definitely better education.

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this is impossible due to the family/culture of poor areas as well as federal oversight of "disabled" children

assume we magically had new schools and great teachers. how are these students going to maintain that education when their parents can't help them with work? how are they going to develop when everyone around them will incentivize other behaviors other than homework and studying?

and our educational system has been built to protect bad behavior kids while distributing a disproportionate amount of funds to them. we push potential success stories aside and try to save lost causes (and i can't imagine the success rate is that high). this is largely influenced by federal issues but you see the "Savior" meme in statewide policy as well

these 2 issues in conjunction effectively destroy any education for the vast majority of poor kids in this state and there is nothing we can do to legislate our way out of it (from a statewide perspective). as the population scales tip more to their side, it decreases the resources and chances of non-poor.

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Also, when talking about "bad" demographics, it's not just the poor, urban dwellers that bring Louisiana down. Many middle-class (and even upper middle-class) predominantly white areas in Louisiana have below par schools.

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i did not bring up race or urban/rural split. the lower class mindset is everywhere in LA and across all races

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The majority of high paying jobs in the modern world will require advanced education and based on the current state of things, Louisiana will fall further behind.

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that's an issue of population, not policy

if we were given free reign away from federal oversight and PC/SJW laws, i could increase our education population. people would be very upset, though, after children are removed from their home/culture to get away from toxic parents and troublemakers with IEPs are sent to their own special schools (to allow the good kids a chance to better themselves and not be beholden to the bad kids)

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It's fine to use tax credits to lure companies in, but they aren't going to stay if there's nothing else here for them

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well we're targeting jobs that our population can do

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Louisiana's problem is that it doesn't have enough money to support the basic needs of its population

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Louisiana has pleanty of money! Have you not been paying attention.
What it doesn’t have is good allocations of money. Louisiana is like an upper middle class person who is always complaining how broke it it and has to eat Mac-n-cheese every night while it has a Land Rover in the driveway of their 500k McMansion.