Posted by Kevin Mooney on May 15, 2012Teachers Unions Accused of Working to Restore the Status QuoAs an alternative to the “draconian Jindal approach” to education reform, the state’s teachers unions [...]Read more
Posted by Kevin Mooney on November 3, 2011Value-Added Teacher Evaluation Divides BESE Candidates, Draws Union OppositionTest scores that measure the progress students make each year will now be used as part of a new [...]Read more
Posted by Kevin Mooney on October 19, 2011Debate Intensifies Over Alleged Profit Motive in Public EducationAre business interests plotting to take over the public education system and turn a profit at the expense [...]Read more
Posted by Kevin Mooney on October 7, 2011BESE Candidates Sharply Divided Over Letter Grade System Measuring School PerformanceLetter grades that show a sizable percentage of Louisiana public schools are either failing or [...]Read more
Posted by Kevin Mooney on September 22, 2011Charter School Movement Could Be Curtailed If Union BESE Candidates PrevailLouisiana’s experiment with charter schools could be restrained and limited if the right mix of [...]Read more
Posted by Kevin Mooney on September 2, 2011Union-Backed BESE Candidates Could Face Stiff CompetitionUnion-backed school board candidates who oppose school choice initiatives, teacher evaluations, [...]Read more
Posted by Robert Ross on June 28, 2011Study: “F” for Louisiana’s Specialized Labor, AgainNew report gives Louisiana an “F” for human capital - a measure of the labor force’s education and [...]Read more
Posted by Kevin Mooney on March 30, 2011Louisiana Taxpayers Cover the Tab for Over 70 Percent of Local PensionsState lawmakers were not thinking about long term costs when they passed a law back in 1999 that allowed [...]Read more
Posted by Kevin Mooney on January 25, 2011Gov. Jindal’s Proposed Partnership Between Charter Schools and Business Elicits Positive Response‘National School Choice Week’ Highlights Success Stories, Teachers Unions Remain SkepticalRead more