The Jindal administration will not release any public records explaining its decisions about which schools will get vouchers and which will not.
Considering that the voucher program has made the state of Louisiana into an international laughing stock, that might be the best they can do.
Best not to let the world hear or read those discussions about whether to let children leave a failing public school in kindergarten (how is that even possible?) and enter a school where they will learn that slavery wasn’t all bad and the KKK had some positive features and evolution is a hoax.
The more people learn about the Louisiana voucher program, the more it will embarrass Mitt Romney, who is pushing to bring vouchers to every state and even wants federal funding for vouchers.
So the state has decided that the best course of action is to shroud all this nonsense in mystery.
You know, when the foreign press starts making fun of your education reforms and laughs because you are putting kids in schools where they take the Loch Ness monster seriously, it is best to keep quiet.
Louisiana is giving us a laugh a day with this voucher program.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
I wish ALL politicians and bureaucrats were transparent. Then maybe we wouldn’t have this nonsense in federal,state and local policies. I still can’t get my state education department commissioner (appointed by a Democratic governor) to admit Common Core standards will cost our state (Missouri) money. Doesn’t matter what side of the aisle a politician stands…generally they are all the same: elitists.
This is how our bipartisan governmental/bureaucratic officials/politicians operate today on the local, state and national levels. There must be a secret oath all politicians from both sides of the aisle take when they are sworn into office. Keep the truth from the voters. And it’s even better when you are an APPOINTED bureaucrat and unaccountable to the voters.
Maybe Piyush Jindal’s school voucher program will slay the voucher program like the dragons the children of Louisiana will be learning about.
However in DC we still have that meddlesome Congress imposing vouchers on us
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/education/234559-dc-voucher-program-deserved-to-be-saved
(read economists cost/benefit analysis argument-awesome spin) and our friends across the pond in the U.K., (who seem so enamored of Rhee, Klein, Gates, and the other assorted reform clowns) are/may have a few of these creationist schools foisted on them.(are we witnessing the decline of civilization?…just wondering)
This is from Diane’s blog dated July 31, 2012.
Too bad these records won’t be released. Hopefully a court will see differently.
BTW – All is not lost in LA. This kid gives me hope. Zack Kopplin. His parents and teachers must be really proud. He can be found on Facebook and Twitter.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/high-school-senior-leads-louisiana-fight-against-anti-evolution-law/2011/04/21/AFs8M4LE_blog.html
The Heritage Foundation recently came out and said (WSJ online video) that implementing the Common Core will cost $16 billion and that it is too expensive. The American Enterprise Institute said that the CC standards are not high quality.
It’s not nearly as funny for us public school teachers here in Louisiana. However, I am printing all these articles so that I can remind voters of it when the morons who voted this plan into place try to run for re-election.
Good for you, Vance. Keep sharing and keep informing. It is tough to know teachers in Louisiana are being laughed at everyday. At least Louisiana educators should recognize they didn’t cause the laughter. The Governor, LDOE Supt. White and the legislators caused it all.
There is one little bright side. Don’t they say laughter is healthy and smiling prevents wrinkles?