Members of the state’s top education board are questioning a $250,000 consulting contract, which Superintendent Paul Pastorek is pushing. The education chief is contracting with a consulting firm from March until August to work on the state’s efforts to improve literacy and numeracy in schools around Louisiana.
Three members of BESE voted today against approving the contract, but the other eight members of the board supported it. Pastorek says he’s hiring Michael Fullan Enterprises because it is a world-renowned consulting firm on literacy and numeracy in schools. Critics say the cost is too high. For a recent Business Report cover story on Pastorek, click here.
