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All About The Kids? Calcasieu Teacher Plays Politics At The Expense Of Students, Taxpayers

For more than a year, Calcasieu Parish special education teacher Ganey Arsement has been on a self-appointed crusade against education reform in Louisiana. He has blasted...

Charters6 months ago

PSA: NAACP Charter School Hearing Tonight Don't Let Critics Distort The Story In New Orleans

Tonight, the NAACP will be holding a hearing on charter schools at the New Orleans City Council Chambers (1300 Perdido Street) starting at 5:30pm. It will...

Charters6 months ago

Down-and-out In Dixie Reformers Need To Rally Behind Mississippi Charter Schools

When teachers unions attacked charter schools in Washington State by filing lawsuits challenging their constitutionality, reformers from across the nation rushed to their defense. A media...

Charters9 months ago

How To Buy A Congressional Caucus Surprise! Lawmakers In New Education Caucus Got Big Bucks From AFT & NEA

American Federation of Teachers (AFT) president Randi Weingarten and National Education Association (NEA) president Lily Eskelsen García joined 11 members of Congress for a press conference on...

Charters9 months ago

Take Your Excuses Elsewhere Charter Schools USA Tries To Evade Accountability For Failing School

When the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) made the difficult decision to close Baton Rouge Charter Academy in Mid-City (BRCA) last month, that was...

Charters10 months ago

The Full Monty New Orleans To Become Nation's First All-Charter City

On Friday, Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB) Superintendent Henderson Lewis announced that he will turn New Orleans’ five remaining traditional public schools into charters by the...

Charters10 months ago

The LAROS Papers: Part II An Inside Look at NEA's Effort To Influence Education Policy in Louisiana

Note: This is the second installment of a four-part series. You can read Part I here. When Kyle Serrette learned back in February that Louisiana was...

Charters10 months ago

The LAROS Papers: Part I An Inside Look at NEA's Effort To Influence Education Policy in Louisiana

Over the past year, a small group of education leaders from across Louisiana has been secretly plotting to curtail charter school expansion, weaken the state’s accountability...

Charters10 months ago

Nobody Likes A Liar, Lily NEA Head Fibs About Turnaround, Charters & New Orleans

Lily Eskelsen García, president of the National Education Association (NEA), visited Rogers High School in Spokane, Washington last week. While she was there, she sat down...

Charters10 months ago

A Huge Wake-up Call Losses in Massachusetts, Georgia Point To Need For New Approach

Anyway you slice it, last week was pretty disastrous for the education reform movement. On Election Day, two closely watched and fiercely contested ballot initiatives backed...

Charters11 months ago

Why Is David Alvarez Flouting Campaign Finance Law? Unintentionally Ironic OPSB Candidate Promises to Bring Transparency To District

Post-Script: 11/01/2016 Wonders never cease! It appears that David Alvarez has finally filed his missing campaign finance reports, albeit three weeks late. His 30-P report, along...

Charters12 months ago

Let’s Recognize AROS For What It Really Is… A Publicity Stunt Organized by the Teachers Unions

On Thursday, the Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools (AROS) held “walk-ins” in cities across the country to call for an increase in education funding, a reduction...

Charters1 year ago

Quick Take: Talking About Education Discussing Schools With Garland Robinette & Chris Stewart

I’ll be on Garland Robinette’s radio show, “The Think Tank” on WWL AM 807/FM 105.3 on Monday to discuss the ongoing legal battle over a new...

Charters1 year ago

Be Careful What You Wish For Reformers Are Poised To Win A Majority On NOLA's School Board

For more than ten years, critics of the Recovery School District (RSD) have attempted to portray the state takeover of schools from the Orleans Parish School...

Charters1 year ago

Mississippi Learning? Not If The Southern Poverty Law Center Has Its Way

We have an old saying down here in Louisiana: Thank God for Mississippi. It’s a cynical expression alluding to the fact that no matter how poorly Louisiana fares...

Charters1 year ago

I Was Wrong About Hillary Time For Reformers To Go On The Offensive

When Hillary Clinton decided to skip an education forum hosted by Campbell Brown last fall, I wrote a piece arguing that pro-reform Democrats shouldn’t read too...

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All About The Kids? Calcasieu Teacher Plays Politics At The Expense Of Students, Taxpayers

PSA: NAACP Charter School Hearing Tonight Don't Let Critics Distort The Story In New Orleans

Down-and-out In Dixie Reformers Need To Rally Behind Mississippi Charter Schools

How To Buy A Congressional Caucus Surprise! Lawmakers In New Education Caucus Got Big Bucks From AFT & NEA

Take Your Excuses Elsewhere Charter Schools USA Tries To Evade Accountability For Failing School

The Full Monty New Orleans To Become Nation's First All-Charter City

The LAROS Papers: Part II An Inside Look at NEA's Effort To Influence Education Policy in Louisiana

The LAROS Papers: Part I An Inside Look at NEA's Effort To Influence Education Policy in Louisiana

Nobody Likes A Liar, Lily NEA Head Fibs About Turnaround, Charters & New Orleans

A Huge Wake-up Call Losses in Massachusetts, Georgia Point To Need For New Approach

Why Is David Alvarez Flouting Campaign Finance Law? Unintentionally Ironic OPSB Candidate Promises to Bring Transparency To District

Let’s Recognize AROS For What It Really Is… A Publicity Stunt Organized by the Teachers Unions

Quick Take: Talking About Education Discussing Schools With Garland Robinette & Chris Stewart

Be Careful What You Wish For Reformers Are Poised To Win A Majority On NOLA's School Board

Mississippi Learning? Not If The Southern Poverty Law Center Has Its Way

I Was Wrong About Hillary Time For Reformers To Go On The Offensive

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