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Jindal pushes virtual programs
January 24, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment
Louisiana Virtual School offers a full range of high-school classes from English, math and biology basics to electives such as game design and fine arts. Parents can enroll their child in the school through the administration of their current traditional school.
The program has grown rapidly since its creation in the 2000-01 school year. When it started, the state offered 12 courses to 130 students in nine school districts; last year, 5,234 students from 68 school districts took more than 68 courses.
Students in Terrebonne and Lafourche participate in the virtual school. One of those students is Nicholas Gonzalez of Schriever, who will soon be 17 years old.
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Reform plan hits on sensitive problems
January 22, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment
BATON ROUGE — Gov. Bobby Jindal says he’s not surprised that his extensive agenda for revising education in Louisiana already is drawing opposition from those who would be affected by the proposed changes.
Jindal laid out for members of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry a series of “reforms” that he will present for the Legislature to consider in a session that begins March 12.
The governor’s plan touches on issues that in past years have been sensitive and legislators have been reluctant to address. Jindal said now is the time to address those issues.
School boards around the state object to those proposals because every time a student gets a voucher, goes to a charter school or enrolls in a virtual school, that’s less funding for current schools. The formula for public schools is based largely on enrollment.
Jindal said the state is making improvements in education but “it’s clear that we need to move faster and we need to do it now. Our children do not have time to wait. They only grow up once and they have one shot to receive a quality education.
“We can’t wait for another generation of students to graduate from high school unprepared for the workforce and higher education — or to dropout before they even get there,” he said. “This applies not only to K-12 education, but to early childhood education as well.”
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Virtual program takes shape for the 2012-13 school year
January 14, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment
Students in St. Martin Parish will now be able to learn through a non-traditional approach. The school board decided at their December meeting that they would adopt a Virtual Program for the 2012-13 school year.
The program will allow student to take classes at home, but also be eligible to participate in all co-curricular and extracurricular school activities. The program includes students from grades 7th through 12th.
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