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Mind the Gap!

Jack Jennings | Posted 02.18.2013 | Home
Read More: National Council on Teacher Quality, Lousiana, No Child Left Behind, Linda Darling Hammond, Race to the Top, Teacher Pay, W. James Popham, Education Research, Education, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Tenure, Economic Policy Institute, National Academy of Education, Florida, No Child Left Behind Waivers, Teachers, Education Reform, Value-Added, Gates Foundation, Home News
Jack Jennings

Why have politicians and others decided to ignore the research and use defective systems to make major decisions about retaining teachers or determining their pay? Why are we not "minding the gap"?

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The 5 Best Foods For Bourbon

Phoebe Lapine | Posted 12.10.2012 | Taste
Read More: Slidepollajax, New Orleans, Drinks, Holiday Meals, Sausage, The South, Lousiana, Phoebe-Lapine, Healthy Living, Southern Food, Healthy Recipes, Eggs, Recipes, Cajun, Salad, Kentucky, Entertaining, Mason-Dixon, Healthy Eating, Holidays, October, Whiskey, Taste, Drink Recipes, Bacon, Dishes, Corn, Bourbon, Fall, Weeknight Dinners, Beverages, Family Meals, Drinking, Fall Entertaining, Home Cooking, Cocktails, Weeknight Recipes, Cooking, Food, Feed Me Phoebe, Taste News
Phoebe Lapine

The leaves and the farmer's market stalls aren't the only things that are changing this autumn. Our cocktail culture is easing into a new type of seasonal sipping, white wine spritzers be damned.

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A Huffington Post Travel Guide To Family Vacations In Louisiana

The Huffington Post | Shawn Lealos | Posted 10.02.2011 | Travel
Read More: Kliebert?S Alligator and Turtle Farm, The Atchafalaya Experience, Sci Port, Video, Family Travel Guides, Louisiana Travel, Louisiana State Museum, Lousiana, Mardi Gras, Themed Guides, Blue Bayou Waterpark, Travel News

Family vacations in Louisiana can be rewarding experiences or absolute disasters -- it all depends on pretrip homework. To make planning easier, we've...

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Why You Should Really Be Concerned About the Global Wildlife Die-offs

Tara Lohan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Birds, Endangered Species, Dead Birds, Fish Kill, Fish, Wildlife, Aflockalypse, Mother Nature Network, New Zealand, Lousiana, Brazil, Italy, Fireworks, Devil Crabs, Saolas, Climate Change, Chesapeake, Great Barrier Reef, Kentucky, Sweden, Explanations, Green News
Tara Lohan

We can seriously consider what's pushing so much life on this planet toward extinction, or we can wait until it starts raining dead birds. Oh wait, that's already happening.

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Louisiana Democratic Party Makes Fundraising Plea To Convert David Vitter Prostitution Video Into TV Ad

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: David Vitter, Lousiana, Vitter Forgotten Crimes, Vitter Prostitution, David Vitter Prostitution, Sen. David Vitter, Louisiana Democratic Party Vitter Ad, David Vitter Ad, Louisiana Democrats, Louisiana Democratic Party Vitter, Louisiana Democratic Party, Louisiana Democratic Party David Vitter, Sen. Vitter, David Vitter Forgotten Crimes, Vitter, Video, Politics News

The Louisiana Democratic Party is hoping to turn their recently released, highly successful web video highlighting the surprisingly oft-forgotten pro...

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The Fantasy World of "More Guns = Less Crime"

Dennis A. Henigan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Gun Violence, National Rifle Association, Bobby Jindal, Lousiana, President Obama, Concealed Carry, John-Lott, Guns in Church, Gun Control, John Stossel, Arizona, Concealed Weapons, Nra, Guns, Politics News
Dennis A. Henigan

More guns means less crime only in the imaginary world of the "gun rights" movement as it tries to push us toward an America where there is nowhere to go to escape the guns - even into churches.

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With Tar Ball Reports Oil Spill Closes Part of Lake Pontchartrain to Fishing

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Gulf Coast, BP Oil Spill, Fishing, Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana Oil Spill, Oil Spill, Lousiana, Green News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

Coming during a popular holiday fishing weekend, today's closures are a gut punch to parishes fighting to keep the BP Oil Spill at bay.

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The Curse of Oil: Spills, Corruption and Militancy

Rev. Bekeh Utietiang | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Oil, Bp, Nigeria, Lousiana, Shell Oil, Exxon Mobil, Green News
Rev. Bekeh Utietiang

The Niger Delta is about the poorest region in Nigeria because companies like BP, Shell, and Exxon Mobil have aligned themselves with corrupt politicians to evade environmental accountability.

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New Photos Show Oil-Soaked Dolphins Struggling in Barataria Bay, Louisiana

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Billy Nungesser, Benzene, Media Blackout, Bp, Oiled Dolphins, Dolphins, Admiral Thad Allen, Coast Guard, Gulf of Mexico, Lousiana, Obama, Toluene Lori DeAngelis, Barataria Bay, Environmental Disaster, British Petroleum, Toxic-Chemicals, Corexit, Green News
Georgianne Nienaber

There are no published photos or videos that we've been able to find, no stories that describe the oil-encrusted dorsal fins and odd behavior that suggest an under-reported environmental catastrophe.

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The Year of Wanting What We Have

Chip Conley | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Happiness Index, Happiness, Forbes, Gallup-Healthway Daily Life Evaluation Index, Lousiana, Great Depression, Rent Musical, New Orleans Saints, Joie De Vivre, Healthy Living News
Chip Conley

Three different polls revealed in December say that Americans have made great strides in their happiness. Are we lying to the researchers or are we just high on life?

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William Jefferson Files For Bankruptcy

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Corruption, William Jefferson, Bankruptcy, Lousiana, Politics News

NEW ORLEANS — A former Louisiana congressman convicted of corruption after federal agents found cash in his freezer has filed for Chapter 7 bank...

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The Costs of Wrongful Convictions Continue to Rise

John Terzano | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Wrongful Conviction, The Justice Project, California, Lousiana, Policy Review, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Politics News
John Terzano

Wrongful convictions occur due to a system that is prone to error. In addition to incarcerating a person for a crime they didn't commit, wrongful convictions impose a financial burden on taxpayers.

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Talk Radio Rules Blue Dog States

Sue Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Arkansas, Michael Copps, Republican National Committee, Rush Limbaugh, Rnc, Lousiana, Indiana, Ohio, Susan Crawford, Georgia, Obama Health Care, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Utah, Blue Dog Seven, Fcc, Sean Hannity, Tennessee, 1996 Telecommunications Act, Blue Dog Democrats, Media News
Sue Wilson

22 percent of Americans get their news from talk radio, and conservative talkers, like Hannity and Limbaugh, have been lying to their listeners about what's in the health care bill.

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The GOP's White Supremacy

Paul Jenkins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Barack Obama, Supreme Court, Mckinsey, George W. Bush, Lyn Westmoreland, Clarence Thomas, Sarah Palin, Same-Sex Marriage, Redistricting, Virginia, Condoleezza Rice, Mel Martinez, Republican Party, Minneapolis, Agnosticism, North Carolina, African-American Issues, Michael Steele, Colin Powell, Bobby Jindal, Alabama, Congress, Catholicism, Christian Issues, Midwest, Kansas City, JC Watts, Tennessee, Christianity, Senate, New Orleans, Gop, Palm Beach, Kkk, Cuban-American Issues, Maryland, Mel Watt, Arizona, Democratic Party, California, Evangelicals, Ken Blackwell, Jewish Issues, Ahn Cao, Ohio, Latino Issues, Islam, John McCain, Florida, Appalachia, House, Asian-American Issues, White Supremacists, Sanford Bishop, Hispanic Issues, Milwaukee, Deep South, Memphis, Religion, Segregation, Georgia, Southern Issues, Charles Barkley, David Duke, Gay Issues, White Voters, Lousiana, Barack the Magic Negro, Gop White Supremacy, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

Like a restricted country club that would rather die than change, the Republican Party is marginalizing itself for the sake of the white men who run it.

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