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Louisiana Parents Complain About Common Core Review
Louisiana parents complain about the Common Core review process currently underway in the state. The New Orleans Advocate reports: The goal of the committee meeting that Carla and Carl Hebert turned...
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I just read this morning an article in The Advertiser, a Louisiana newspaper, that gave an update on the lawsuit happening over Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal’s executive order removing the state from...
View ArticleJindal to Join Louisiana Lawmakers' Common Core Lawsuit
The battle over Common Core rages on in the Bayou State as Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal filed paperwork to join several state lawmakers who are suing the state department of education and the Board...
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Jindal Orders State School Board to Provide PARCC Alternatives
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal issued the following executive order on Friday directing the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to provide an alternative to the PARCC assessment for...
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Jindal Releases Plan to Repeal and Replace Common Core in Louisiana
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal during my interview with him a couple weeks ago indicated that the was going to renew his efforts to remove Common Core from the state of Louisiana. Last week he...
View ArticleMisinforming The Public to Make a Case for the Rebrand
Sara Wood is a mom and activist in Louisiana. She responded to a recent article written by Michael Henderson and Martin West for the Brookings Institute in the form of an open letter. Misinforming The...
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House Deal Would Change Louisiana Common Core Review
There are plans underway to review the Common Core State Standards in Louisiana. Under a deal reached with a bill, HB 373, sponsored by State Representative Brett Geymann (R-Lake Charles) there would...
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Common Core Supporter Chas Romer Not Seeking Reelection to Louisiana BESE
The Baton Rogue Advocate reports that the Louisiana’s biggest cheerleader for Common Core, Board of Elementary and Secondary Education President Chas Roemer, will not seek reelection to the board. “I...
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Louisiana Standards Compromise Not Kept
The members of the Louisiana House of Representatives who negotiated new education standards now say that the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education are not agreeing to a spirit of...
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What Louisiana Gubernatorial Candidates Have in Common
There is no love lost among the candidates vying to become Governor of Louisiana for the Common Core State Standards. AP reports: They differ in many ways but the two candidates for governor in...
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Louisiana Parents Complain About Common Core Review
Louisiana parents complain about the Common Core review process currently underway in the state. The New Orleans Advocate reports: The goal of the committee meeting that Carla and Carl Hebert turned...
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