Louisiana promised children a way out of bad public schools. Then steered thousands to D and F grade

Louisiana promised children a way out of bad public schools. Then steered thousands to D and F grade private campuses.

Seven years later, however, the $40-million-a-year Louisiana Scholarship Program has failed to live up to its billing. The nearly 6,900 students who’ve left public schools have instead been placed into a system with numerous failing private schools that receive little oversight, a months-long examination by a coalition of local and national media organizations has found.