This is a Louisiana Weekly article…
| La.’s charter schools outperforming traditional public schools |
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| Posted: Monday, June 22, 2009 12:00 pm |
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A national study released last week by Stanford University’s Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) gives high marks to Louisiana’s charter schools, when compared to the state’s traditional public schools and to charter schools in 14 other states and Washington, D.C. The report was issued on Monday, prior to Thursday’s decision by the Senate Education Committee to support a measure that would remove Louisiana’s cap on the number of charter schools permitted to operate in the state. (more…)
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Finally there is a bill being discussed today that would lead to true change in our system of Education. The problem is NOT, I repeat NOT going to be solved by throwing more money at our broken down system. We already spend an absolute fortune on education, but the money never makes it down to the classroom, where true learning takes place. Charter Schools, Vouchers and plans to give school choice to parents is the key.
Charlie Davis, a lont tive advocate for schoold choice explains… (more…)
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