Not bad schools; not bad teachers: Poverty cited as real cause of Louisiana education problems
“Mann spoke as part of three-member panel that tackled public education issues. He was joined by Roland Mitchell, an LSU associate dean for research and academic services at the College of Human Sciences & Education, and Clay Young, a Baton Rouge marketing professional whose podcast often touches on education issues. The panel was organized by the nonprofit Volunteers In Public Schools. Mann explained that poverty acts as an anchor, weighing down students across the state and causing problems that public schoolteachers are ill-equipped to handle and that too many residents ignore. ‘If we’re not willing to face that fact, it’s never going to change,’ he said. Instead, the state has adopted a series of educational changes that haven’t worked well in his view.”