Louisiana's Most Influential Voice You've Never Heard Of.

For more than 30 years, Barry Erwin has been one of the most influential voices in Louisiana policy, and most people have never heard of him.As Chief Policy Officer for Leaders for a Better Louisiana (the merger of CABLE and the Committee of 100), Barry is at the center of the state's biggest challenges: workforce development, K-12 education, economic growth, and building a Louisiana that keeps its talent instead of losing it.In this episode, Gordy Rush and Tim Johnson sit down with Barry to talk about:The creation of the Louisiana Talent Accelerator and why it mattersLouisiana's K-12 miracle, 4th-grade reading gains are getting national attention The high-dosage tutoring program that other states are now copyingWhy Louisiana copied Mississippi on workforce, and why that was the right callThe data initiative that could change how Louisiana measures its own progressWhat it really takes to move policy in a state that's resistant to change