A Peek into Dr. Mercedes Schneider's book, A Chronicle of Echoes
What National Group Is Funding the Pro-Common Core Lawsuit in Louisiana?A Re-post from Dr. Mercedes Schneider's blog wherein she offers up a peek at a chapter in her new book, A Chronicle of Echoes. Anyone who honestly wants to know about the exploitation of public education needs to read this book, soon to be followed by Dr. Schneider's newest book on Common Core State Standards. I would add her
Where's our Minimum Foundation Program funds, Bobby?
Dr. Marie deYoung:
| My columns appear each Sunday in the Eunice News. As a retired Unitarian Universalist minister, I I teach music in rural, high poverty schools because I believe that high quality education is a human right for all Americans. Years ago, I was the first woman UU chaplain to serve in the Army, and the first woman to serve in many units as a combat chaplain. I wrote two books about military life. Over the past fourteen years, I've been interviewed by CNN, NBC, CBS, NPR, C-SPAN and regional programs to discuss government reform, gender issues, affordable housing, public education and other issues that impact our society. . This commentary re-posted: http://inherentworth.blogspot.com/2014/07/skimming-mfp-my-commentary-published-in.html |
Skimming MFP - My commentary published in Eunice News on July 6, 2014 Copyright Jul 2, 2014
Louisiana was in the fast lane of the national super highway called “Education Reform” long before other states discovered their public education systems needed to be modernized. Granted, we were further behind when we started, but, Louisiana was modernizing long before President George W. Bush passed the “No Child Left Behind Act” with strong bi-partisan support in Congress.
But, in the past few years, our progress has been stalled. One major reason for this stall: the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and Governor Bobby Jindal refuse to give the fair share of school tax dollars to local school districts.
By refusing to send the legally required fair share of Minimum Foundation Program school funds to each district, Bobby and BESE are in direct violation of our state constitution.
Our state constitution requires the Louisiana Board of Education to provide resources and funding to every district in the state, using what is called the Minimum Foundation Program to make sure that every classroom teacher can do their job right.
Specifically, Article VIII, Section 13 explains the Minimum Foundation Program funding requirements. You can look itGeaux Teacher!: Where's our Minimum Foundation Program funds, Bobby?: