BATON ROUGE, La. -
Gov. Bobby Jindal has signed into law legislation creating a new public school curriculum with lowered academic standards.
Advocates for improving public education have criticized the idea, saying it will produce high school graduates with a poor grasp of basic mathematics and written English.
But Jindal said the new program is part of the state's effort to produce a better trained workforce. He also said the new curriculum, focused on training students for blue collar jobs, would reduce the state's dropout rate.
Advocates for improving public education have criticized the idea, saying it will produce high school graduates with a poor grasp of basic mathematics and written English.
But Jindal said the new program is part of the state's effort to produce a better trained workforce. He also said the new curriculum, focused on training students for blue collar jobs, would reduce the state's dropout rate.
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