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High Stakes for High Standards

Accountability, constitutional integrity and democratic principles should guide the adoption and review of state educational academic standards. (PDF Version) The state has entered a high-stakes phase of deciding the future implementation of Common Core State Standards. Some elected officials are seeking to repeal the standards despite considerable investment of time and money by the state, […]

Open Letter to Superintendent White Re: Education Reforms Accountability

Dear Superintendent White: (PDF Version)  Thank you for your interest in considering ideas and recommendations as you develop accountability policies for the implementation of Act 2 of the recent legislative session. The Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana, which has encouraged a number of education reforms and school accountability standards over the past decades, is optimistic […]

Commentary on the 2012 Regular Legislative Session: Part I – Education

Reform of K-12 education was the dominant issue of the 2012 Regular Legislative Session.Elementary, secondary and early childhood education preoccupied lawmakers in the early weeks as the governor and his allies pushed through four major pieces of legislation focused on school choice (House Bill 976/Act 2), teacher tenure (House Bill 974/Act 1), school tuition organizations […]

PAR Says Strengthen Accountability to Strengthen Education Reforms

(PDF Version) Gov. Bobby Jindal has proposed a broad set of K-12 education reform measures that legislators will debate this session. The centerpiece proposal would create school choice options across the state, including state-financed vouchers for private school attendance by low-income students in average or poorly performing public schools. This initiative offers an extraordinary opportunity for […]