The root cause of education crisis
A recent op-ed by The Advocate newspaper questioned whether “School Choice” and the “political plea to let the state money follow the child” was just “Campaign Rhetoric” that fails to address the root problem of poverty—as Louisiana’s child poverty rate is the second highest in the nation—and that “economically disadvantaged students face much greater challenges and achieve lower educational outcomes.” They closed by “demanding specifics from candidates on what they propose to do on education—as poverty has profound impacts on children who don’t have the family support so vital to success i