Exposing Phony Testimony Against Louisiana Charter Bill
This letter was sent to members of the Senate Education Committee on May 15 in support of HB 703 sponsored by Rep. John Bell Edwards (Rep. Edwards is the only Democrat running for Governor and enjoys the support of the education community due in part to his support of public education).
http://www.legis.la.gov/legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=894875&n=HB703%20Engrossed - To prohibit the State Board of Education from approving a charter that had been denied by a local district school board.
You can watch the video of the testimony spoken of in Senate Education Committee here:
The second piece of commentary is from a Louisiana parent and public education advocate who is well educated on the background behind the privatization of our schools and the part that the Common Core Initiative plays in that effort.
Veronica Brooks -
http://www.legis.la.gov/legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=894875&n=HB703%20Engrossed - To prohibit the State Board of Education from approving a charter that had been denied by a local district school board.
You can watch the video of the testimony spoken of in Senate Education Committee here:
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The second piece of commentary is from a Louisiana parent and public education advocate who is well educated on the background behind the privatization of our schools and the part that the Common Core Initiative plays in that effort.
Veronica Brooks -
Email: vbrooks@lacharterschools.org
Veronica, a native of Virginia, graduated from the University of Virginia and earned a Master of Public Policy with a focus on Education Policy from George Washington University. She began her career in education with Teach For America as a middle school science teacher and went on to work from D.C. Public Schools, the Louisiana Department of Education, a teacher quality think tank, and an international research firm before joining LAPCS. (Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools - works for Carolyn Roemer, Exec. Director and sister of State Board of Education President Chas Roemer - the Jindal influenced State Ethics Board ruled that this was not a conflict of interest although Chas Roemer supports the replacement of traditional public schools with charters).
Veronica, a native of Virginia, graduated from the University of Virginia and earned a Master of Public Policy with a focus on Education Policy from George Washington University. She began her career in education with Teach For America as a middle school science teacher and went on to work from D.C. Public Schools, the Louisiana Department of Education, a teacher quality think tank, and an international research firm before joining LAPCS. (Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools - works for Carolyn Roemer, Exec. Director and sister of State Board of Education President Chas Roemer - the Jindal influenced State Ethics Board ruled that this was not a conflict of interest although Chas Roemer supports the replacement of traditional public schools with charters).
Veronica replaces fact with fiction and provokes alligator tears in her public testimonies. Of course she is not from Louisiana. Of course she is a Teach For America alumnus.
Stephanie Desselles - Vice President, CABL, Council for a Better Louisiana
Ms. Desselles who has no education background is the mouthpiece for the business interests pushing privatization. You can see Ms. Desselles in action in this video in which she and a mouthpiece for Stand For Children debate me and Dr. Mercedes Schneider (teacher and author of the new book A Chronicle of Echoes: Who's Who in the Implosion of American Public Education.)
http://deutsch29.wordpress.com/2013/11/22/my-lwv-speech-and-debate-of-common-core/
Ms. Desselles who has no education background is the mouthpiece for the business interests pushing privatization. You can see Ms. Desselles in action in this video in which she and a mouthpiece for Stand For Children debate me and Dr. Mercedes Schneider (teacher and author of the new book A Chronicle of Echoes: Who's Who in the Implosion of American Public Education.)
http://deutsch29.wordpress.com/2013/11/22/my-lwv-speech-and-debate-of-common-core/
Louisiana Senate Educ Committee Fully Aware Before Vote
A re-post from Mike Deshotel's "Louisiana Educator" blog.The information in this blog of mine regarding the Charter Management company for the new Lafayette charters mentioned here was sent to every legislator prior to hearing this bill so they were fully aware of what they were voting for. We must hold them accountable for their failure to listen to their constituency.http://www.geauxt