Data Shows Louisiana Schools’ Hiring and Benefits – Not Vouchers – the Cause of Budget Woes

By Kevin Kane

11/13/2012

Louisiana’s public schools put themselves in a precarious position by hiring more teachers and administrative personnel, even while the number of students declined. Generous pension and benefit plans have exacerbated this problem.

TAGS: Bobby Jindal, Friedman Foundation, K-12, Louisiana Scholarship Program, Pension Reform, Robert Enlow, School choice, Vouchers

Louisiana Voucher Applications Roll Forward Despite Union Lawsuits

By Kevin Mooney

07/02/2012

Thousands of school voucher applicants who want to exit unsafe, ineffective public schools made history on Friday. That was the deadline for eligible families to apply for scholarship funds that can be used to cover the cost of private school tuition.

TAGS: Bobby Jindal, Charter Schools, Education, Education Reform, Friedman Foundation, Heritage Foundation, Louisiana Association of Educators, Louisiana Federation of Teachers, School choice, teachers unions, Vouchers

A Tax Plan for Our Brighter Future

A Tax Plan for Our Brighter Future paper-digital In Louisiana’s Comeback: A Tax Reform for Our Brighter Future, the Pelican Institute identifies the state’s significant tax problems and proposes a path to set the state in a brighter direction, including flattening the personal and corporate income taxes to 3.5% rates, reducing the number of tax preferences, eliminating...

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