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Textbooks Shot Down in Louisiana
We’ve been warning you the the Common Core was going to drive textbooks and curriculum. Here’s proof. From the EdWeek Blog Curriculum Matters: Louisiana is poised to reject every math and reading...
View ArticlePrivate Schools… Take a Look at Louisiana
Full disclosure, I’m an advocate of school choice. I’m also an advocate of no strings being attached to school choice initiatives. I pointed out how Florida’s private schools were being impacted by...
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Louisiana Senate Considering Anti-Common Core Resolution
Louisiana State Senator A.G. Crowe (R-Slidell) has introduced a bill, SCR 68 that requests the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) and the Louisiana Department of Education to...
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Two States Delay Fully Implementing PARCC
Two states last week made moves to address Common Core concerns, specifically the implementation of the PARCC assessment. Louisiana Superintendent of Education John White announced a 10-year plan which...
View ArticleLouisiana BESE: Jindal Does Not Have Authority to Pull Out of PARCC, Common Core
The Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education released a statement after Governor Bobby Jindal issued his executive orders saying that he lacked the authority for this action: BATON ROUGE,...
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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What Assessment Is Louisiana Taking? It’s Not PARCC
Mercedes Schneider wrote a good piece on Friday that points out that Louisiana State Superintendent of Education John White says Louisiana is taking the PARCC assessments, but there is no way the state...
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The Louisiana Common Core Review Is Not Parent-Friendly
The Louisiana Department of Education has launched its 2015-2016 review of the Louisiana math and ELA standards that are aligned to Common Core. You can find the review portal here. I wanted to...
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And the Louisiana Common Core Review Narrative Begins
Photo credit: Brandon Grasley (CC-By-2.0) The same day I published my story about the Louisiana Common Core review AP published a story that indicates what the narrative is going to be. “Louisiana...
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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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