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Alario's ballgame now
 Not in my lifetime have we witnessed the House of Representatives embrace a governor's proposal and approve it as quickly as the House handled Gov. Bobby Jindal's offerings to improve K-12 public education.
In case you've been holed up in a cave for the past couple of weeks and need to be brought up to speed on what's occurred in Baton Rouge, the Legislature convened the regular session March 12 and almost immediately entertained Jindal's proposed bills to shake up the public education establishment.
The Jindal package would open the door for more charter schools to operate in the state, bases teacher pay on student performance and would make it far more difficult for teachers to attain tenure and keep it. On a more controversial front, the Jindal plan would expand a voucher program that originated in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina ripped apart the city and its beleaguered school system.For the full story, subscribe to the The Concordia Sentinel's NEW E-Edition! |
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