Every year around this time, I start to get an onslaught of questions from teachers and parents about state administered standardized tests and whether, or not, students are required to take them. I can only touch on the subject, here. If you want to delve deeper, just use the search feature on this site and […]
Once again, the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) has indicated that it feels no need to be responsive to the taxpaying public and will continue to support the education reform agenda of its financiers. From the moment they took office, the current BESE has ignored its responsibility to appoint, and extend, a […]
Maybe you haven’t heard. I don’t know if it was said in a public forum, or in a radio interview, but it was definitely tweeted by Will Sentell of the Baton Rouge Advocate. John White and wife expecting baby any day. Girl.#laed — Will Sentell (@WillSentell) August 15, 2018 I’ve said for years that if […]
The “Opt-Out” movement may have subsided in Louisiana, but only because of the severity of the threats and consequences being made by superintendents and principals across the state. But judging by the flood of emails, text messages, and FaceBook messages I continue to get, everyday, the concern and contempt for state assessments has not died. […]
Anyone who has a child on the autism spectrum, particularly on the lower end formerly known as Asperger’s Syndrome, understands what I mean when I say these children have quirks and obsessions. My son wasn’t diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome until mid-way into the fifth grade, but in retrospect, he navigated through a number of obsessions, […]
Each year, in response to questions from parents, I try to post an article that will provide parents with the information they need to make an informed decision about state assessments. Rather than just pointing to the first article I wrote three years ago, it is necessary to write a new one each year because […]
After taking about 8 weeks to rule on a lawsuit filed by citizens of Louisiana, Judge Todd Hernandez of the 19th Judicial District in Baton Rouge, ruled that ordinary citizens do not have the right to challenge John White’s right to remain in the position of Superintendent of Education. This is the second lawsuit dismissed […]
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 […]
We’re all familiar with the term “accountability,” but do we really understand what it means as it relates to education? If you go back to the 1970s to the origins of the term, you’ll find that it referred to the framework and process of evaluating what produces the desire outcomes and reinforcing it while revising […]
