Results in Louisiana and Indiana’s voucher programs took a step in the right direction this week, with the release of one study and the leak of another. Voucher critics made the two large statewide school choice programs into targets over the past year. Studies looking at just a few years’[Read More…]
Tag: john white
Louisiana voucher results fuel regulation debate
Louisiana’s voucher program is unique. It has more, and more comprehensive, regulations than most private school choice programs. It has fewer schools participating. And it’s the first program of its kind to show such strong, negative academic results. During a Friday forum on school vouchers and regulation hosted by the[Read More…]
redefinED roundup: charter school flap in Florida, charter school records in California & more
Florida: A failing charter school cuts its principal a $500,000 check as it was closing its doors (Orlando Sentinel). Charter school supporters are also angered (redefinED). Louisiana: State Superintendent John White is accused of lying to lawmakers about the state’s new voucher program (theadvertiser.com). White is also summoned to court[Read More…]
redefinED roundup: Vouchers and football in Texas, vouchers and parents in Florida & more
Texas: School choice critics claim vouchers threaten high school football because they will allegedly drain money from public schools (The Texas Tribune). More from KHOU.com. Response from redefinED. Florida: State education leaders seek to double enrollment in charter schools over the next six years, from about 180,000 now to 360,000[Read More…]
Louisiana strikes the right balance on accountability for school vouchers
Ideologues tend to exaggerate political debate, but Louisiana school superintendent John White reminded us Tuesday that rational policy is the key to integrating vouchers into a robust public education system. The accountability that White introduced, and the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) adopted, represents a thoughtful balance of[Read More…]
‘Our teachers are soldiers in the fight for social justice in America’
That quote just had to be a headline. It’s from Louisiana’s state superintendent of education, John White, responding this week in the Baton Rouge Advocate to letters from teachers complaining about ed reform. Sometimes an op-ed is worth printing word for word: The Advocate has recently published several letters to the editor[Read More…]