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Saturday, March 31, 2007

Op-Ed: Nation Watching Our Education Lab

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I wrote another op-ed piece in the Times-Picayune. It's about education in New Orleans and charter schools .
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Friday, March 30, 2007

Faking Katrina Destruction Courtesy of K-Ville Stresses Me Out

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Right now there are about 50 carnies, I mean movie people, outside working hard to make my house and all of my neighborhood look like crap. ...
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Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Perpetual V.A. Drugs

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I received a bill yesterday for meds issued for my father from the Department of Veterans Affairs. He was given codeine, loratadine, and cab...
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Friday, March 23, 2007

Volunteering at a Public School

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Today was my first "official" day of volunteering at John Dibert Elementary, a public school run by the Recovery School District i...
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Thursday, March 22, 2007

One Way Charter Schools Improve LEAP Scores

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The principal at my local Recovery School District (RSD) school told me that over the past two weeks before the LEAP test (a standardized te...
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Monday, March 19, 2007

LEAP Test and Charter Schools: A Prediction

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This week across Louisiana, students in the 4th and 8th grades will be taking the LEAP test. It's a controversial standardized test tha...
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Sunday, March 18, 2007

FEMA Trailer Trash No Mo'

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We came home from the St. Patrick's Day parade to find that our FEMA trailer was gone. We received our gift from FEMA in September of 0...
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Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Charter Schools and New Orleans

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We're experimenting with our kids down here in post-Katrina New Orleans. Before Katrina, we had 120 public schools. They were pretty lou...
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Monday, March 12, 2007

70% and 100% Increases in Allstate Homeowners

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We received our new Allstate homeowner's policy in the mail today. We have our house insured for $150,000. In 2005 our homeowner's c...
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Friday, March 09, 2007

Why God Destroyed Senator Lott's Home

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I've been reflecting quite a bit the past two days about my experiences in Washington D.C. last Wednesday. I'm a big fan of the ritu...