By Kenneth Cooper Before Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans’ public schools were run by a bureaucracy accused of enriching itself at the expense of students. After Hurricane Katrina, a number of…
Year: 2017
Landry Causing Crime in New Orleans
by Jeff Thomas Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry is a Tea Party Conservative. His surprising election to that post was bolstered by unexpected support from African Americans in NOLA and…
Trump May Kill to Make a Point
By Jeff Thomas The upcoming Donald Trump presidency marks the beginning of a transition for America. The changes will come fast and with a suddenness that may shock many Americans. …
Mission Accomplished or Mission Failure
REFORMATION, CHANGE AND PROGRESS May 16, 2016 Philip J White Retired New Orleans Public School Educator Last week was very interesting in the New Orleans educational experiment movement. …
Charter Schools and High Quality Schools
By Philip White As this country is gratefully approaching the end of the 2016 presidential campaign, a national down ballot issue rages on – the battle for control of k-12…
The Whinny Little Rich Kids
By Philip White Back in the day, we all remember the spoiled, whinny little rich kid in the neighborhood who owned all the balls. Whenever things didn’t go his way…
Are You Suffering From Millage Fatigue?
By Kenneth Cooper Maybe the mayor should try another approach. Some sort of scare tactic. Approve the firefighters’ millage or sit back while some of them die waiting on…
Citizens Deserve an Explanation from Legislators and the Governor Before They Ask For Any More Money
By Kenneth Cooper The Louisiana state budget is an abstraction, a series of dollar signs and digits existing on a computer screen or piece of paper. Taken as a whole,…
Give Us Symbolism or We Will Be Offended
By Kenneth Cooper It will begin with a caption: While the President Played Golf, a True Leader Comforted the Stricken, Toured the Devastation Cued will be a picture of Donald…
How to Tell if Black People Are Over Reacting to Police Interactions
By Jeff Thomas You how you hear about a police shooting of an unarmed black man and you wonder if rioting will result. Or if you hear that a white…