CenLamar | Est. 2006

  • Zack Kopplin: Governor Jindal’s Voucher Program Will Provide Over $11 Million Per Year To Send More Than 1,300 Students To Creationist Schools

    Reposted with permission By Zack Kopplin: Stop Governor Jindal’s Creationist Voucher Program Before Governor Romney Takes it Nationwide Louisiana is preparing to spend over $11 million to send 1,306 students to 19 private schools that teach creationism instead of science as part of Governor Bobby Jindal’s new voucher program.  It is time to halt the implementation of this creationist voucher program. It is increasingly clear that one of Governor Jindal’s primary education goals is the teaching of creationism.  He supported, signed , and defended the Louisiana Science Education Act (LSEA), Louisiana’s 2008 stealth creationism law, which allows teachers to sneak creationism into public…

  • Mark White “Peace With Time”

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  • In Jindal’s Louisiana

    In Jindal’s Louisiana

    On Tuesday, the Louisiana Democratic Party went on a Twitter offensive, sending out hundreds of tweets to local, state, and national media members, bloggers, students, parents, activists, and teachers about the astronomical cuts that Governor Jindal has made to Louisiana higher education since taking office in 2008. All told, Governor Jindal has slashed $615.3 million, or 41.7%, of funding from Louisiana’s colleges and universities, including 43.1% of state funding to LSU in Baton Rouge, 44.2% of state funding to the Southern System, and notably, for those in Central Louisiana, 47.7% of state funding to LSU in Alexandria and 46.3% of…