Bobby Jindal Goes Big on Education Reform

By Mark Hemingway
Published January 31, 2012 5:45pm ET
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Bobby Jindal Goes Big on Education Reform
Today’s Wall Street Journal takes a look at Bobby Jindal’s education reform proposals and concludes that the Louisiana Governor’s is actually making a serious attempt to challenge the public education monopoly: Mr. Jindal wants to create America’s largest school voucher program, broadest parental choice system, and toughest teacher accountability regime—all in one legislative session. Any […]

Today’s Wall Street Journal takes a look at Bobby Jindal’s education reform proposals and concludes that the Louisiana Governor’s is actually making a serious attempt to challenge the public education monopoly:

Mr. Jindal wants to create America’s largest school voucher program, broadest parental choice system, and toughest teacher accountability regime—all in one legislative session. Any one of those would be a big win, but all three could make the state the first to effectively dismantle a public education monopoly.

Louisiana is already one of 12 states (including Washington, D.C.) that offer school vouchers, but its program benefits fewer than 2,000 students in New Orleans. Governor Jindal would extend eligibility to any low-income student whose school gets a C, D or F grade from state administrators. That’s almost 400,000 students—a bit more than half the statewide population—who could escape failing schools for private or virtual schools, career-based programs or institutions of higher education.

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