Whether you are a parent or a teacher, no doubt, you are familiar with the phrase “Every Child Can Learn.” It is a powerful statement made mostly by supporters of the education reform movement, and it is designed to shift the burden of student success away from the student and places it square on the […]
What do you think of when you hear the words “children living in poverty?” If you close your eyes, what would you imagine a room full of “children living in poverty” would look like? It turns out that in education, the faces of children living in poverty cover a very broad spectrum. Since the birth […]
I’m going to go out on a limb and say that if you don’t know who Deyshia Hargrave is, you might be living under a rock. On Monday, January 8th, Hargrave was in attendance at a Vermilion Parish School Board meeting in Abbeville, LA when she was removed from the meeting and arrested for questioning […]
What you see in the featured photo at the top of this blog is a teacher in Vermilion Parish being arrested at a special meeting called by the Vermilion Parish School Board to present, discuss and vote on a contract renewal for Superintendent Jerome Puyau. For just under two years, Supt. Puyau has been employed […]
One thing is certain, politics in Louisiana is nothing, if not interesting. One could design a doctorate program around the things that have happened inside the State Capitol. Kevin P. Reilly Sr. was a colorful legislator who was born in Boston, MA and married into the Lamar Advertising business. He served for 14 years in […]
Since it appears that all of the news media has either completely missed it, or has chosen not to report on it, I think it is worth noting that Senator John Milkovich has filed a second lawsuit in East Baton Rouge Parish on behalf of 13 plaintiffs to challenge John White’s authority to maintain the […]
In the simplest terms, the First Amendment is a guaranteed protection for the minority. This means a person, or group of people, who oppose a law, a policy, a position, a trend, or any action taken by the government, whether federal, state, or local, is guaranteed protection under the First Amendment to speak out against […]
