Posted by Erin Bendily, Ph.D. on February 28, 2022BESE Workgroup Identifies Problems in Louisiana’s K-12 Education Accountability System; Potential Solutions DiscussedLast week, a subgroup of State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) members tasked by the [...]Read more
Posted by Erin Bendily, Ph.D. on February 21, 2022Let’s Give Our Children HopeHope: Noun. “Desire accompanied by expectation of or belief in fulfillment.” (Merriam-Webster Dictionary) [...]Read more
Posted by Erin Bendily, Ph.D. on February 10, 2022As Education Budgets Grow, We Should Increase TransparencyTwo weeks ago, Governor Edwards unveiled his proposed state budget for fiscal year 2022-2023. Given the [...]Read more
Posted by Erin Bendily, Ph.D. on February 1, 2022It’s Time To Empower Louisiana FamiliesFor years, people have pointed to parental involvement as the best way to improve K-12 education, yet [...]Read more
Posted by Erin Bendily, Ph.D. on January 25, 2022What Enrollment Trends Can Tell Us About School ChoiceAround this time last year, you probably saw the news about Louisiana public school enrollment dropping [...]Read more
Posted by Daniel J. Erspamer on December 21, 2021Our Work Isn’t Done: Let’s Empower Parents in 2022This summer, I penned an article in response to a national study conducted about the ability of parents [...]Read more
Posted by John Kay on December 9, 2021Parents Deserve More TransparencyMore transparency leads to better decisions. In all areas of government, we know this to be true. But [...]Read more
Posted by Daniel J. Erspamer on December 3, 2021Is Value-Added Data Adding Value in Louisiana’s School Accountability System?If you’ve paid any attention to K-12 education reform in Louisiana over the past several years, [...]Read more
Posted by Daniel J. Erspamer on November 1, 2021Teacher Shortages: What solutions will actually work?For the past several weeks, K-12 schools across the country have been lamenting about the shortage of [...]Read more