Say No to Creationist Vouchers

http://cenlamar.com/2014/06/30/an-exclusive-interview-with-governor-edwin-edwards/

An Exclusive Interview With Governor Edwin Edwards Last Thursday, I drove down to Baton Rouge to interview the Cajun Prince, the Silver Fox, former four-term Louisiana Governor, former Louisiana State Supreme Court Justice, former United States Con...

Louisiana's voucher program is entirely lacking in accountability. More schools need to be kicked out.

http://www.nola.com/opinions/index.ssf/2013/07/voucher_program_is_entirely_la.html

Voucher program is entirely lacking in accountability: Letter On July 1 The Times-Picayune reported, "out of the 117 schools participating in the state's student voucher program ... only one violated rules for using taxpayer money." Although it is true only one school, New Living Word in Ruston, was...

More misuse of money in Louisiana's creationist voucher program

http://cenlamar.com/2013/07/08/audit-reveals-systemic-widespread-problems/

Audit Reveals Systemic, Widespread Problems In Louisiana's School Voucher Program Two weeks ago, late on a Friday afternoon, John White, Louisiana's Superintendent of Education, announced that, as a result of the findings of an independent audit, the New Living Word School in Ru...

"If you believe science should be in science class, and witch doctoring should be... anywhere but in science class, you could totally share this. Science would appreciate it."

http://www.upworthy.com/if-someone-tried-to-teach-my-children-this-in-science-class-id-do-more-than-cast-a-spell-on-them?g=2

If Someone Tried To Teach My Children This In Science Class, I'd Do More Than Cast A Spell On Them Here's something that REALLY shouldn't be part of any science class. EVER.

Here's the newest insanity in the Louisiana legislature

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2013/06/louisiana_creationism_video_state_sen_elbert_guillory_defends_faith_healing.html

Louisiana Senators Defend Creationism and Faith Healing The theory of evolution is not controversial to scientists. That’s because all of the evidence backs it. But evolution is controversial to the Louisiana state legislature. Last month, for the third year in a row, Louisiana’s Senate Education Committee killed a bill to repeal the Louisiana Science Ed...

Action Alert: Ask the Louisiana Department of Education to fulfill this public records request on creationism. Email:

[email protected]

http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/14041-doe-gadfly-kopplin-seeks-voucher-records

DOE gadfly Kopplin seeks voucher records - IND Monthly “The citizens of Louisiana deserve to know whether the State Department of Education is involved with promoting creationism and whether they are attempting to protect Louisiana’s science classrooms.”

No Textbooks, No Evolution in Louisiana

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/20/creationism-textbooks-louisiana-schools

Creationism and revisionist history threaten to invade our classrooms Zack Kopplin: We have to stop state legislators from sneaking creationist and revisionist textbooks into public schools

The Louisiana State Supreme Court upholds the unconstitutionality of vouchers

http://www.nola.com/education/index.ssf/2013/05/breaking_louisiana_supreme_cou.html

Louisiana Supreme Court rules voucher funding violates the state Constitution The state Supreme Court has ruled that the current method of funding the statewide school voucher program is unconstitutional. Act 2, part of Gov. Bobby Jindal's 2012 package of education reforms, diverts money from each student's per-pupil allocation to cover the cost of private or parochial school...

"Yet if I closed my mind when I saw this man -- in the dust, throwing some bones on the ground, semi-clothed -- if I had closed him off and just said, 'That's not science. I'm not going to see this doctor,' I would have shut off a very good experience for myself," Guillory said."

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/05/la_creationism_science_educati.html

Senators again reject repeal of Louisiana Science Education Act A Louisiana law that opponents say leaves the backdoor open to teaching "creationism" in public schools will stay on the books after a Senate committee Wednesday effectively killed a bill that would repeal the statute. After hours of testimony for and against House Bill 26, which repeals the 2008 Lo...

Please call the Louisiana Senate Education Committee and ask them to vote to repeal Louisiana's creationism law

http://senate.la.gov/education/Assignments.asp

Louisiana State Senate - Education Committee Information about the Education Committee

And this is why vouchers are bad. We shouldn't fund the use of these textbooks.

http://wonkette.com/509246/sundays-with-the-christianists-home-schooled-biology-so-bad-it-lost-a-lawsuit

Sundays With The Christianists: Home-Schooled Biology So Bad It Lost A Lawsuit Our latest Christianist textbook, Biology For Christian Schools by William Pinkston (2nd Ed., Bob Jones University Press, 1994) is actually something of a classic, if by “classic” you mean “the focus of mockery and derision by professional biologists” and “so

We need to fund scientific research to reduce our deficit.

Check out this awesome takedown of a few bad habits that conservatives are attached to. #1: Not taking into account ROI when it comes to investing in scientific research. #2: Non-scientists trying to dictate what should and shouldn't be studied.

Zack Kopplin launched a petition >>http://1.usa.gov/17nsvvk