Noel Hammatt has a bone to pick with the billions of federal and state dollars being thrown at poor kids in under-served communities.
Put simply, too much attention is centered on in-school matters, and the brick and mortar operations to keep kids from going astray after-hours are strapped for funding. More…
An editorial in the Los Angeles Times implored state education officials to re-instate an erasure analysis of standardized public school tests.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who once considered pursuing his own White House bid, has handed his endorsement to Texas Gov. Rick Perry.
Louisana Gov. Bobby Jindal spoke with Cedar Rapidians in the aftermath of the 2008 floods. (File Photo: Lynda Waddington/The Iowa Independent)
“[Perry's] record on job More…
According to a new map released by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Florida is one of only five states returning grants awarded by the federal government to implement the federal health care reform law. #
In an opinion piece published Sunday in The Miami Herald, Carl Hiaasen says that recent GOP attacks on the Environmental Protection Agency “ignore the problem” and that claims that the agency is a “job killer” are attempts to get campaign donations from petroleum and coal conglomerates. More…
American Federation for Children is creating a new media affairs position in Louisiana, signaling a redoubling of efforts by the school voucher group in the state.
The position was posted on Facebook July 6. The American Independent called AFC to confirm the position is new.
“We’ve had interest there for More…
“When high stakes are attached to tests, people often act in ways that compromise educational values. High-stakes testing incentivizes narrowing of the curriculum, gaming the system, teaching to bad tests and cheating.”
That passage, taken from a July 1 letter education historian Diane Ravitch wrote to the New York Times More…
The National Women’s Law Center recently released a report that lists all statewide measures prohibiting abortion coverage in More…
The Louisiana House of Representatives Thursday unanimously approved a measure to require all abortion clinics in the state to post a sign (to be measured exactly at 16 inches by 20 inches) that lists a series of specified information intended for a woman seeking an abortion.
The bill reenacts More…
Paper manufacturer Georgia-Pacific is pushing back against claims made by protectors of the Ouachita River along the Arkansas-Louisiana state line that have cried foul over what they contend are unlawful amounts of wastewater coming from the company’s plant into a tributary of the river. The back-and-forth comes on the verge More…
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