[StBernard] Equal Opportunity Pledge

[Westley Annis]

Westley, since your wife is/was (?) a teacher, what are your and her
opinions on this  Nothing like hearing from someone in the field or in the
trenches.

JY




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	Bobby Jindal for Governor
	Dear Friends -
	
	Today I announced my plan
	
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%0Adigest=REIVrotGlhlrodYaP1zc9w&sysid=1> >  to reform our education system
to
	give all of our students the opportunity to receive a great
education that
	will prepare them for success in the classroom and beyond.
	
	Over the last four years we have made progress, but our schools are
not
	improving fast enough.  Our children don't have time to wait. They
only have
	one shot to receive a quality education.
	
	My plan to improve our early childhood and K-12 education systems
does three
	things - empowers teachers, empowers parents, and empowers local
school
	leaders.
	
	
	
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%0Adigest=tVjWUWLQiMVVj0noytddlQ&sysid=1> > As I've said before, we have
great
	teachers in Louisiana.  However, the current system is holding our
teachers
	back. That is why I'm proposing that we reward excellent teachers
and get
	poor performing teachers who refuse to improve out of our
classrooms.
	
	We're also going to empower parents by giving them more choices.  No
child
	should be trapped in a failing school because of his or her zip
code,
	income, gender or color.  We know that parents know their children
best and
	it's time we have a system that empowers parents to make the best
choice.
	
	The third component of our education reform plan to is to empower
local
	school leaders with the tools they need to implement innovative
solutions
	that will get the best results for their students.  As I visited
schools
	across the state, it was abundantly clear to me that a top-down
	one-size-fits-all strategy from Baton Rouge or Washington, D.C. is
not going
	to work to turn our schools around.  Educators, administrators, and
parents
	- who are closet to the classroom - need the flexibility to cut
through the
	red tape and get results.