Bambi Polotzola is a life-long teacher, a community organizer, lover of people, activist on several fronts and the mother of a young adult with autism. As Director of the Governor’s […]
Category: Education
Congressman-Elect Troy Carter Helped Author Variety of Important Bills Before Leaving LA Senate
May 4, 2021Even though Troy Carter resigned from the Louisiana Senate last week in advance of being sworn in to the U.S. House of Representatives, the eight pieces of legislation he authored […]
Defending His Education Bill, Louisiana Rep. Garofalo Urges Schools To Teach “The Good” of Slavery
April 28, 2021Louisiana House Education Committee Chairman Ray Garofalo filed legislation HB 564 which would ban schools from teaching what he has labeled “Divisive Concepts.” These concepts include “that either the United […]
Louisiana Representative Files Bill That Could Make It Illegal To Teach About Racism and Sexism
April 7, 2021Legislation was filed by the Louisiana House Education Committee Chairman Ray Garofalo that could ban schools from teaching “Divisive Concepts,” like “that either the United States of America or the […]
Police Brutality: How Can Students Protect Themselves
April 1, 2021There have been way too many incidences of lives lost over minor misunderstandings between police and mainly members of the Black community in the US. Incidences of police brutality extend […]
Louisiana’s HBCUs Have a Lasting Impact
February 27, 2021Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) exist across the United States but are particularly concentrated in the South. Prior to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Black Americans relied on […]
Biden on Student Loan Forgiveness: “I will not make that happen”
February 17, 2021In spite of a worsening economic crisis thanks to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, President Joe Biden once again refused to provide relief for 43 million Americans by canceling $50,000 in federally-held student loan debt via executive order.
Virginia Military Institute COVID Situation May Be Putting Students at Risk
February 13, 2021“VMI never cared about COVID. I’m straight up with this, they never cared about COVID.” – “Kevin” The Virginia Military Institute known as just Post to some and VMI to […]
New Orleans Public Libraries’ Fate Moves a Step Forward
February 12, 2021The library millage proposal moved forward with council members voting to put the fate of much of the library on October’s ballot. The City Council voted unanimously on the motion. […]
New Orleans City Council Advances Controversial Library Board Appointment
February 5, 2021After hearing 30 minutes of public comment – mostly in opposition to – Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s appointment of Dana Henry to the New Orleans Public Library (NOPL) Board, the New Orleans City Council voted unanimously to approve his appointment.
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