CenLamar | Est. 2006

  • Finally, A Sex Education Program We Can Rely On

    Brought to you by the Louisiana Governor’s Program on Abstinence

  • Education Report: Louisiana

    Education Weekly recently released their Quality Counts 2007 “From Cradle to Career: Connecting American Education from Birth through Adulthood” featuring a state-by-state reference detailing the different positive and negative attributes of their findings. The QC 2007 looked at several factors including: the ways in which states K-12 educational systems connect with early-childhood education, postsecondary schooling, and the future workplace. Some important numbers from their findings include: Parent Education: 31.4% w/postsecondary degree Parental Employment: 62.5% w/one parent working full time, year-round Kindergarten Enrollment: 76.5% Middle School Math: 16.1% proficient High School Graduation: 60.6% Postsecondary Participation: 43.1% of the state’s young adults…

  • Roll Call: Mr. Cold Hard Cash (Bill Jefferson) Strikes Again

    Roll Call is reporting that Bill Jefferson has already violated House ethics rules by using the official letterhead and the House internal mail service to ask for donations. Welcome back, Bill. And no, I had no idea about this story when I posted the Washington Post piece. Bill Jefferson stories like to occur in pairs.