Today, the Foundation for Excellence in Education's (ExcelinEd) CEO Patricia Levesque applauded legislative leaders, State Superintendent of Education John White and the Louisiana Department of Education for their work on Louisiana's Course Choice Program which led to students enrolling in more than 19,000 courses, greater than a 700 percent increase in one year.
"In just a few short years, Louisiana has shown that the student demand for personalized education is at an all-time high. We applaud the efforts of Louisiana's executive and legislative leaders, including Senator Conrad Appel and Representative Steve Carter, for ensuring that more students can enrich and customize their learning opportunities through Louisiana's Course Choice Program.
"Most of all, I want to congratulate Louisiana's students. They have shown that the desire to learn cannot be contained within four walls and a roof. All students can learn, and all students deserve access to the learning environment that fits their needs. We are proud to have collaborated with so many in Louisiana to expand course access, and we look forward to future opportunities to share the Louisiana model with other states."
The Louisiana Course Choice Program gives students access to hundreds of online and face-to-face courses like Advanced Placement, career and technical education, college credit opportunities and other learning opportunities that may be unavailable or underserved at their current school, without having to completely change students' current learning environments. Louisiana provides families the ability to pick from a simple online catalog for free courses. The state has become known as a leader for implementing high-quality courses and accountability for the course providers and the results.
In July 2014, Louisiana's course access program was highlighted in ExcelinEd's white paper, " Leading in an Era of Change, Making the Most of State Course Access Opportunities," and infographic which profiles states that are using innovative policy and technology to expand educational choices for schools and students, focusing on collaborative opportunities for efficiently delivering quality programs.#
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