Posted by Daniel J. Erspamer on December 21, 2021Our Work Isn’t Done: Let’s Empower Parents in 2022This summer, I penned an article in response to a national study conducted about the ability of parents [...]Read more
Posted by John Kay on December 9, 2021Parents Deserve More TransparencyMore transparency leads to better decisions. In all areas of government, we know this to be true. But [...]Read more
Posted by Daniel J. Erspamer on December 3, 2021Is Value-Added Data Adding Value in Louisiana’s School Accountability System?If you’ve paid any attention to K-12 education reform in Louisiana over the past several years, [...]Read more
Posted by Daniel J. Erspamer on November 1, 2021Teacher Shortages: What solutions will actually work?For the past several weeks, K-12 schools across the country have been lamenting about the shortage of [...]Read more
Posted by Daniel J. Erspamer on October 22, 2021Teacher Pension Debt Hits a Whopping $11.1 BillionLouisiana’s retirement debt costs the state $1 of every $4 in annual state aid allocated to public [...]Read more
Posted by Ryan Roberts on October 11, 2021Transparent School Accountability is Critical to Louisiana’s RecoveryIt’s time to get serious about how our education system is preparing students for their futures. [...]Read more
Posted by Daniel J. Erspamer on October 7, 2021True College and Career Readiness Should Be Our PriorityLouisiana K-12 schools have begun putting billions of federal recovery dollars to use to help students [...]Read more
Posted by Daniel J. Erspamer on September 20, 2021Education Savings Accounts Should Be Part of Louisiana’s Comeback StrategyAs thousands of southeast Louisiana students and their families struggle once again to resume schooling [...]Read more
Posted by Daniel J. Erspamer on August 19, 2021We Can Do Better For Our ChildrenThis week, following public testimony and in response to stakeholder feedback, the state Board of [...]Read more