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“There is no question in my mind that this is all part of the ALEC game plan.” —Bloomfield Hills (Michigan) School Superintendent Ron Glass, discussing four bills now pending before the Michigan...
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Guest columnist: Shadow schools, John White, subterfuge, accountability and...
Editor’s note: Occasionally we post guest commentary and today’s offering contains what we feel is significant information about the existence of so-called “shadow schools.” The author of this essay is...
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New round of budget cuts to be announced Friday as π-yush administration...
Fiscal Year 2012-13 is just half over but more deep budget cuts will be announced on Friday and, in the words of one state official, “It ain’t gonna be pretty.” And the latest fiscal problems haven’t...
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Connecticut blogger takes political opportunists like π-yush to task over...
The following is a guest column posted by a fellow blogger from Connecticut. His name is Jonathan Pelto and his blog may be found at http://jonathanpelto.com/ Teachers are True First Responders As our...
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ALEC mantra of small government is huge paradox when weighed against perks of...
It’s interesting to note that the very existence of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which writes “model legislation” for lawmakers to introduce back in their respective state...
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Nonprofit group releases emails which depict connection between ALEC,...
Any lingering doubts about the connection between public education, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and for-profit education providers may have been erased once and for all with the...
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Notable Quotables (in their own words)
“When it comes to K through 12 education, we see a $500 billion sector in the U.S.” —Fox Network magnate Rupert Murdoch, commenting in 2010 on the enormous business opportunity in public education...
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Dogmatic Jindal plunging ahead with appeals of pension, voucher...
You have to give Gov. Piyush Jindal credit—he has chutzpah. Jindal, to paraphrase Bill Murray (Dr. Peter Venkman), Harold Ramis (Dr. Egon Spengler) and Dan Aykroyd (Dr. Raymond Stantz) of Ghostbusters...
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Surprise! Jindal admits in brief press conference that he ‘doesn’t have a...
Whenever Gov. Bobby Jindal speaks, be it on Fox News, CNN, to fellow Republican governors or at a rare press conference such as the one held on Thursday, his threefold purpose always seems to be to...
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Louisiana DOE hires top dollar out-of-state appointees who control kids’...
Gov. Bobby Jindal was adamant during his campaign for governor about stemming the outflow of Louisiana’s brightest college graduates from the state. To show his commitment to keeping Louisiana talent...
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Senate Education Committee vote was a foregone conclusion; charges of DOE...
The vote was a foregone conclusion; the minds were made up long before the Senate Education Committee members cast their votes to kill SB 41 by Sen. Bob Kostelka (R-Monroe). The vote that killed the...
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Did John White lean on LPB to get reporter terminated? Follow the money to...
Blind, unquestioning loyalty has long been a prerequisite for serving in the administration of Gov. Bobby Jindal. Any administrator, of course, expects his appointees to be loyal, and rightfully so....
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Supreme Court squelches voucher funding; how are those course choice...
Tuesday’s ruling by the Louisiana Supreme Court that taking money from the state’s Minimum Foundation Program (MFP) is unconstitutional has thrown a monkey wrench into the plans by the Jindal...
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Notable Quotables (in their own words)
“The Scholarship Program will continue…and we will work with the Legislature to find another funding source to keep parents and kids in these schools.” —State Superintendent of Education John White, in...
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DOE run like a snow cone stand, but Course Choice fraudulent enrollments...
Could it possibly get any worse for Louisiana Superintendent of Education John White? For that matter, could the State of Louisiana possibly do any worse than John White as education superintendent?...
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Reports surface that DOE Superintendent John White is out the door for...
In the late ‘60s psychologist Dr. Laurence J. Peter advanced what became known as the Peter Principle which said, in effect, that “In a hierarchically-structured administration, people tend to be...
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House approves DOE reorganization—10 months after John White does it his way:...
Our brain-dead legislature just doesn’t get it. The House earlier this month approved and sent to the Senate HB 650 which calls for reorganization of the Louisiana Department of Education (DOE). The...
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More ruminations on Jindal’s power consolidation, more profitable legal work...
Consolidation of power or rats deserting sinking ship? Gov. Bobby Jindal appears to be consolidating his power base as he moves toward his final two years in office by positioning key allies as...
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State approved Christian schools have much in common with Mack Ford, Lester...
If you like the way Mack Ford treated and taught the children at New Bethany Home for Boys and Girls in Arcadia, you’ll love the education reforms being put in place for Louisiana by Gov. Bobby Jindal,...
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First Bobby Jindal failed to elect a governor of Virginia, now can’t pick a...
The results of the 5th District congressional race are in and the message has been sent loud and clear—surely loud enough to be heard in Baton Rouge. With political newcomer Vance McAllister walloping...
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