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Here are Edwards, Vitter's radically different ideas on how to improve Louisiana public schools
Democrat John Bel Edwards and Republican David Vitter have radically different ideas on how to improve Louisiana’s public schools.
Edwards is a longtime ally of state teachers unions, which have bitterly opposed most of the sweeping school changes enacted since 2012.
Vitter, a U.S. senator from Metairie, generally favors the business model for overhauling schools, with lots of options just like those enacted three years ago.
Edwards is a critic of school vouchers, long denounced by traditional public school groups.
Read more: http://theadvocate.com/news/education/13808150-148/on-public-schools-vitter-and