Landry, Brumley push for sweeping classroom changes for teachers

Let Teachers Teach workgroup has 18 recommendations for K-12 education

Louisiana’s governor and K-12 public school leader unveiled recommendations they say will free teachers to focus on classroom instruction rather than what they consider bureaucratic hindrances. 

The 18 recommendations from the Let Teachers Teach workgroup cover professional learning, required training, student behavior and discipline, teachers’ non-academic responsibilities, curriculum, instruction and planning. Gov. Jeff Landry and Superintendent Cade Brumley shared the workgroup report Wednesday in a joint news conference. 

The workgroup was created earlier this year and is composed of more than two dozen educators. The leader, Kylie Altier, is Louisiana’s Teacher of the Year for 2024. 

“This is the best job,” Altier said about teaching. “There is not a job more fulfilling or better in the world, all because of children. However, the reality is that many teachers don’t feel they have the time, capacity or autonomy to do this important work in a sustainable way.”

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