"There has also been widespread outcry about [Louisiana state superintendent] John White’s decision..."

“There has also been widespread outcry about [Louisiana state superintendent] John White’s decision to hold public schools to a higher educational standard than private and charter schools: under new rules released in July, public schools must score above a C to avoid having vouchers suck money away from them, while private schools only need to score above an F to continue receiving public money. In addition, only about a quarter of the private schools covered by the new bill will be required to disclose whether or not their voucher students are failing—only schools with more than forty voucher students, or ten in a grade, are required to disclose the test scores of their students. White has also attracted criticism for his opposition to the teacher certification process, hiring a 27-year-old without a teaching certificate to direct the state’s teacher evaluation, and his decision to hire a highly priced PR staff.”

- Why Do Some of America’s Wealthiest Individuals Have Fingers in Louisiana’s Education System? | The Nation