La. Governor Says Panel's Plan Provides a Blueprint for Schools

Gov. Edwin W. Edwards of Louisiana has endorsed an ambitions list of more than 100 recommendations by a citizens' panel on the schools as providing the blueprint for his new administration's approach to education.

The recommendations, issued last month, include calls for mandating a health-education program, providing more flexibility for successful school districts, and reforming the state school-finance system to provide more funding for low-wealth districts.

The panel also urged revisions in the controversial teacher-evaluation program established by former Gov. Buddy Roemer, which was bitterly opposed by the state's...