Hi Christy! The people most passionate about this issue are people who were in the system and see it’s faults, just like you. Thanks so much for your comment.

What a great thing you are doing for your daughters. I bet they are really smart!

That is really sad about the charter school. I can imagine how frustrating that would be. All you want is to help the children get a better education. It seems like it’s not about the kids anymore.

You might like this post too https://www.trueaimeducation.com/2012/04/its-not-about-your-union-its-about-our.html Thanks for your thoughtful comment!

That is so funny and so typical. Yeah, my husband has a few funny stories about biased college professors. One professor would destroy his paper over “poor grammar” every time he voiced a contrary opinion. The funny thing was my husband was editor and chief for his high school’s newspaper and was also a paid writer for the university’s newspaper. So, he took one of his essays to an free editing session with a university english professor. Guess what, he still got marked down for grammar. After getting marked down, he returned to the english professor who told him that the grammar was perfect and the other professor was wrong. Then, he went back to the biased professor and told him the whole story. The professor agreed to revisit the essay. A day later, my husband got his paper back. He got 100% for grammar, but was marked down for using faulty logic and have a narrow-minded view point! The grade was the same. Got to love those “biased” college professors.

Anyways, thanks for commenting. I’m sure you are a great teacher!

I was involved with a charter school committee over 20 years ago, but couldn’t get anywhere. Our local school board had the veto power over whether or not a charter school could start up. Can you imagine if any fast food franchise had the same power over whether or not a competitor could come into town?

Thanks Annmarie! Hopefully more states will follow Louisiana’s example.