The Case for Reform: Jefferson Parish Edition

By Ben Kilpatrick

06/20/2013

The Jefferson Parish Public School System is benefiting from a remarkable initiative for accountability and reform within the school district.

TAGS: COMPASS, Dr. James Meza, Education Reform, Jefferson Parish, JPPSS, LEAP, Louisiana Federation of Teachers, teachers unions

Commentary: LEAP Results Bolster Case for Charters; Will Legislature Follow Suit?

By Jamison Beuerman

06/11/2010

While State Superintendent of Education Paul Pastorek is forced to put a positive spin on the minute improvement on statewide test scores this year, there is a silver lining in the form of astonishing charter school success. A small percentage drop in state-wide LEAP scores, accompanied by a single percentage point improvement when all three...

TAGS: BESE, Charter Schools, Frank Hoffman, Jane Smith, LEAP, public schools, Recovery School District

Antitrust & Enforcement: Letting Markets Work without Empowering Government

In their report “Antitrust & Enforcement: Letting Markets Work without Empowering Government,” Ted Bolema, Ph.D., J.D., Antitrust and Competition Fellow at the Innovators Network Foundation, and Vance Ginn, Ph.D., Chief Economist at the Pelican Institute, write that while the current frustrations with the size of large tech companies and censorship practices may be warranted, giving...

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