CenLamar | Est. 2006

Diane Ravitch on Louisiana Education Reform, School Choice, Testing, and Vouchers
Courage and Integrity. Thank You, Joshua Breland and Drew Wales.

I want to publicly commend and thank Joshua Breland and Drew Wales, the two Louisiana College divinity school students who dared to speak truth to power and who, in the process, rallied and inspired an entire community. Today, The Town Talk reported that both men have withdrawn from Louisiana College. I could say a lot more about this travesty and this injustice, but I’ll save that. I simply want to thank Joshua Breland and Drew Wales for the courage and integrity. In a couple of months, we should all pitch in to give them a real award. They’re heroes. Thank you…
On State Government Websites, Jindal Administration Promotes and Publishes Editorial Attacking Critics and Opponents of Tax Plan As “Unintelligent” “Demagogues”

(Screen capture from the Department of Revenue website) Governor Bobby Jindal and Secretary of Revenue Tim Barfield recently published a salvo by Louisiana State University at Shreveport Professor, Jeff Sadow, titled, “SADOW: Jindal Can’t Let The Demagogues Kill Tax Reform.” suggesting, among other things, that Republicans in Louisiana were merely a victim of their own brilliance and bold ideas. Professor Sadow writes: “Too often forgotten by conservatives, at least among those who aren’t populists, is that the increased intellectual demands underpinning their philosophy make cognitive demands on many unfamiliar with its study that causes what appears obvious to its articulators not to…

Diane Ravitch on Louisiana Education Reform, School Choice, Testing, and Vouchers

Courage and Integrity. Thank You, Joshua Breland and Drew Wales.

On State Government Websites, Jindal Administration Promotes and Publishes Editorial Attacking Critics and Opponents of Tax Plan As “Unintelligent” “Demagogues”