Bobby jindal education reform

“Gov. Bobby Jindal details school voucher, teacher tenure proposals”
by Andrew Vanacore
Times Picayune
January 17, 2012

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Bobby Jindal outlined a far-reaching plan aimed at improving education in Louisiana on Tuesday, one that would expand the use of private school vouchers statewide, make it easier to open new charter schools and all but eliminate the job protections afforded teachers by the state’s tenure laws.

The governor’s plan would give any low-income family in the state with a child that attends a school rated C or below — a category that includes more than 70 percent of the state’s schools — the option of using public dollars for private school tuition.

It would eliminate tenure for teachers who don’t earn positive marks on the state’s new teacher evaluation system, end annual pay raises based on years in the classroom, and ban the use of seniority in all personnel decis