Say No to Creationist Vouchers

Say No to Creationist Vouchers Louisiana has created a school voucher program that is providing millions of taxpayer dollars to private schools teaching creationism. We will oppose this.

States like Georgia and Texas are trying to copy this model. http://creationistvouchers.com/ Background on creationist vouchers in Louisiana:

http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2012/07/photos-evangelical-curricula-louisiana-tax-dollars

We should expect that other states, like Texas, who are poised to create their own voucher programs schools, will fund similar schools.

Louisiana's voucher program is entirely lacking in accountability. More schools need to be kicked out.http://www.nola.c...
07/14/2013

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

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...

Here's the newest insanity in the Louisiana legislaturehttp://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2013/06/...
06/04/2013

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

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...

The Louisiana State Supreme Court upholds the unconstitutionality of vouchershttp://www.nola.com/education/index.ssf/201...
05/07/2013

The Louisiana State Supreme Court upholds the unconstitutionality of vouchers

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

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...
05/02/2013

"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

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...

We need to fund scientific research to reduce our deficit.
04/08/2013

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

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