Louisiana Superintendent of Education visits Claiborne Elementary

MONROE, La. (KNOE) – The Louisiana Superintendent of Education, Dr. Cade Brumley visited Claiborne Elementary to talk about Louisiana’s progress in education.

In 2019, Louisiana ranked 49th in education and now the state ranks at 32nd.

Dr. Brumley said he is proud of the state’s improvement, but there is still work to be done.

“It’s really good to see Louisiana making educational progress. We’re pleased with that, but we’re not satisfied. There’s more work to do. I credit the teachers across the great state of Louisiana for the work that they’re doing every single day to help kids,” Brumley said.

Dr. Brumley said there are many efforts that have been made to get Louisiana to where it is now in education.

“I always encourage parents to as much as possible, you know, to make contact with the school, make contact with the teachers, stay connected as much as possible. You know, we want parents to be in the driver’s seat of their kids education. We want educational freedom to expand across the state of Louisiana,” Brumley said.

Dr. Brumley said it’s best for state and local leaders along with parents to be at the forefront of a child’s education.

“I would prefer bureaucrats in Washington D.C. to not make those decisions for kids here in Northeast Louisiana. So what we’re going to continue to do is just focus on teaching kids to read, teaching kids to do math, you know, understand to appreciate their country, working to support teachers, accelerating parental rights and we think if we do those things we will continue to see good results,” said Dr. Brumley.

Along with Louisiana’s other accomplishments, Dr. Brumley said a study came out Tuesday showing that Louisiana is the only state where the average student has recovered from the pandemic. He credits this to parents and teachers working together to ensure proper education.

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