Update - 6/10/12:
Gov. Bobby Jindal's voucher scandal is going viral. It's a national disgrace. Each day more revelations of corruption surface. When will Louisiana State Superintendent John White be fired? When will they admit it was a mistake?
Top Ten Theft Contracts by the La. Dept. of Education: http://www.shreveporttimes.com/comments/article/20120610/NEWS0401/206100316/Treasurer-La-DOE-top-list-contract-abuses
Louisiana watchdog howls about contract irregularities and amounts:
http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20120610/NEWS01/206100313
Corrupt vouchers. Shame the Times-Picayune did say something before it became law:
http://www.nola.com/opinions/index.ssf/2012/06/with_vouchers_lawmakers_should.html
La. Dept. of Education contract corruption:
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/comments/article/20120610/NEWS0401/206100316/Treasurer-La-DOE-top-list-contract-abuses
Out of state firms make millions:
http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20120610/NEWS01/206100312/Out-state-firms-reap-millions
Editorial about no more failures:
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20120609/OPINION03/206090311/Another-View-Children-don-t-time-more-failures
Update - 6/8/12:
Vouchers Gone Wild, my June 3, 2012, Hammond, La., Sunday Star column: http://www.hammondstar.com/articles/2012/06/04/opinion/columnists/8251.txt
Dr. Diane Ravitch's "Voucher Follies in Louisiana." Yeah, it's all about the children. It's the data: Louisiana charter schools and vouchers. There's a chart here that maps the madness. What do our senators and representatives have to say about this?
http://dianeravitch.net/2012/06/09/voucher-follies-in-louisiana-continued/
Dr. Ravitch uses this Educate Now chart showing how terrible the RSD-Charters-Vouchers system is. http://educatenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/2011_Voucher_vs_RSD_Performance_by_School.pdf
Comprehensive article on Bobby Jindal's Louisiana vouchers - scandal: http://www.alternet.org/story/155802/5_ways_louisianas_new_voucher_program_spells_disaster_for_public_education
Louisiana teachers file suit against corrupt vouchers:
http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/06/teachers_file_state_lawsuits_c.html
Vouchers and the future of public education:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/vouchers-and-the-future-of-public-education/2012/06/05/gJQAZ3X6GV_blog.html
JindalCo’s “scholarship” program is looking more like the boondoggle:
http://www.theind.com/re/10651-ill-vouch-for-that-
How bad was this Louisiana legislative session? Bad enough that the dense Advocate newspaper has finally figured it out.
http://theadvocate.com/news/opinion/3032039-123/our-views-jindal-pushes-funding
'Education for $ale': La.'s classroom changes reflect boardroom thinking:
http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20120603/NEWS01/206030325/-Education-ale-La-s-classroom-changes-reflect-boardroom-thinking?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE
Children don't have time for more failures:
http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20120603/OPINION01/206030310/Children-don-t-time-more-failures?odyssey=topicpage
Q: School reform? A: Model bills:
http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012206030312
Hasten: Debate heated over MFP funding:
http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012120603003
A scary (and telling) school voucher story:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/a-scary-and-telling-school-voucher-story/2012/05/31/gJQAxRgE4U_blog.html
Update - 5/31/12:
The Monroe News Star has started a
tremendous series on voucher corruption in K-12. If they keep writing it, they'll deserve a Pulitzer. This story is going viral. Pass
it around.
See today's Washington Post summary: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/a-scary-and-telling-school-voucher-story/2012/05/31/gJQAxRgE4U_blog.html
A
little grilling for John White and the school voucher sandal. This one is worth
your time. http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20120530/NEWS01/120530048
Let the BESE members know to quit robbing the state schools: email addresses - James.Garvey@la.gov, Kira.OrangeJones@la.gov,Lottie.Beebe@la.gov, Walter.Lee@la.gov, Jay.Guillot@la.gov, Holly.Boffy@la.gov, Carolyn.Hill2@la.gov, Penny.Dastugue@la.gov, John.Bennett@la.gov, Connie.Bradford@la.gov
Let the BESE members know to quit robbing the state schools: email addresses - James.Garvey@la.gov, Kira.OrangeJones@la.gov,Lottie.Beebe@la.gov, Walter.Lee@la.gov, Jay.Guillot@la.gov, Holly.Boffy@la.gov, Carolyn.Hill2@la.gov, Penny.Dastugue@la.gov, John.Bennett@la.gov, Connie.Bradford@la.gov
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By Barbara Leader / Monroe, La., News Star
May 25, 2012
I can't begin to explain how corrupt this voucher debacle is, but Louisiana believes in education "reform," unless it really matters. This school is not the exception. It is the norm and the whole plan. Read about it and weep.
Dayne
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