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Last 50 Posts

• Only silence from House and Senate Education committees as fraudulent Course Choice registrations spread like kudzu

• Rep. Richard has money-saving bill: cut state spending on professional, personal, consulting contracts by 10 percent

• Reports surface that DOE Superintendent John White is out the door for Washington to further validate Peter Principle

• Pylant bill would only guarantee constant revenue stream for shady Course Choice providers already circling like vultures

• In the aftermath of killer tornadoes, perhaps it’s time for another reminder to Jindal that teachers are true heroes

• Notable Quotables (in their own words)

• More sordid details emerging in apparent fraudulent Course Choice registrations in three northwest Louisiana parishes

• Course Choice provider who enrolled 1100 students without their knowledge tied to Bush, Romney, Tex. dropout scandal

• Notable Quotables (in their own words)

• DOE run like a snow cone stand, but Course Choice fraudulent enrollments looking like a major scandal

• Notable Quotables (in their own words)

• White’s release of evaluation data on Shreveport teachers to Advocate reporter was in direct violation of 2010 state law

• DOE agrees to pay legal costs and late fees for not producing records in settlement of LouisianaVoice’s public records suit

• Notable Quotables (in their own words)

• Break out the hip waders: Rep. Seabaugh’s surreptitious involvement in VAM ‘fix’ scheme gets deeper and deeper

• What is real reason for LSU Board’s obsession with secrecy? (Hint: it’s got nothing to do with protecting the candidates)

• Notable Quotables (in their own words)

• Holy Missing Documents, Batman! DOE has no record of inBloom agreement cancellation for student data ‘parking’

• Notable Quotables (in their own words)

• White, Seabaugh conversation reveals agreement to ‘tweak’ DOE’s VAM plan; White whines about his ‘ping pong’ status

• Notable Quotables (in their own words)

• Supreme Court squelches voucher funding; how are those course choice providers gonna ‘sell’ the free classes now?

• Notable Quotables (in their own words)

• Did John White lean on LPB to get reporter terminated? Follow the money to Course Choice and Iberville Parish

• Ruminations on break time: conversations with legendary Office of Risk Management claims adjuster Harley Purvis

• Notable Quotables (in their own words)

• Senate Education Committee vote was a foregone conclusion; charges of DOE test data fraud was huge political bombshell

• Notable Quotables (in their own words)

• Sorry Six, the Gutless Gang, (aka House and Governmental Affairs Committee) kills effort to limit deliberative process

• Gone in 30 days: DOA ignores regulation which requires three-year retention of all public records, including emails

• DOE, already top-heavy with bloated unclassified payroll, to submit layoff plan to Civil Service Commission on Monday

• Guest column: Metairie attorney dissects the post-Katrina, ALEC-inspired politicalization of Louisiana public education

• LouisianaVoice runs out of patience, files lawsuit against DOE, Supt. John White over production of public records

• Anonymous but emboldened state employees now posting essays on LouisianaVoice critical of Jindal administration

• Nosy LouisianaVoice’s unwanted, uninvited intrusion results in more extreme security measures being initiated by DOA

• Unexpected visit in search of public records causes panic; DOA ordered into virtual LouisianaVoice lockdown mode

• Notable Quotables (in their own words)

• Vetting of new LSU president by Board of Supervisors called into question over details of Steven Spielberg grant debacle

• LA Assn. of Principals stands on principles; opts out of P.O.Y competition over DOE Compass guidelines, selection process

• Jindal needs to understand that Revelation is not always a Biblical term: Let my people know OGB financial status

• DOE $148K Chief Information Officer issues orders for department staff not to attend March 8 BESE meeting

• Jindal tax plan was like watching movie from back row of a drive-in theater on a foggy night…before he punted to Leg.

• BESE apparently watches ‘Bachelorette’; White continues to ignore legitimate media requests for DEO public records

• Barfield reportedly removed from Jindal tax swap team; administration insiders confide he was ‘in over his head’

• Five months and out: was that enough time for DOE deputy superintendent to obtain Louisiana license plates for his car?

• Jindal grades out at ‘D’ or ‘F’ with 88% of voters in T-P poll; Does that mean Louisiana should appoint charter governor?

• Winner of billion dollar state DHH contract fails to disclose company’s ownership, connection to Blue Cross Blue Shield

• Notable Quotables (in their own words)

• Six straight years of lousy RSD audits; contracts signed by unauthorized personnel: just another day at White’s DOE

• Notable Quotables (in their own words)