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Lawmakers discuss school employees and the Jindal agenda

A panel of lawmakers agreed Saturday that the Jindal administration’s agenda hurts school employees and their families. Five members of the House of Representatives spoke at the Louisiana Federation of Teachers’ annual Paraprofessional and School Related Personnel Conference in Baton Rouge.

The LFT has spelled out six specific objections to the $3.46 billion formula approved by BESE on March 8. The Federation was the only teacher organization to speak in opposition to the Minimum Foundation Program proposal.

One of Gov. Bobby Jindal's fiercest critics is coming to Baton Rouge!

If you have ever seen her blog or her Washington Post articles, you know that Diane Ravitch strongly disagrees with Governor Bobby Jindal's approach to education reform. And she has the research and data to back it up!

Public schools should be made safer without turning them into armed camps, Louisiana Federation of Teachers President Steve Monaghan told a legislative committee meeting in the aftermath of a horrific school shooting in Connecticut.

Several years after the Louisiana Federation of Teachers filed its first complaint about the exploitation of Filipino teachers hired to staff classrooms in our state, a California jury has fined the recruiting company that brought them to the United States $4.5 million.

(Baton Rouge – December 18, 2012) For the second time in a matter of weeks, a state judge has ruled that Gov. Bobby Jindal and his legislative allies overstepped the State Constitution in adopting a radical and controversial overhaul of public education in the 2012 legislative session.

State of the Union:” Public education under attack

Monaghan tells 48th Annual LFT Convention: Complete overhaul of Jindal agenda is necessary

A complete overhaul of the bogus “education reforms” imposed on public schools last spring will require “the legislative equivalent of a tsunami,” but the Louisiana Federation of Teachers is prepared to take on that challenge in the best interests of professional educators and the children they serve, LFT President Steve Monaghan told convention delegates.

Monaghan’s State of the Union address focused on the assaults that educators have endured over the past year. He spoke about the Federation’s efforts to

Louisiana's educators named "Friends of Education"

“For their perseverance in the face of adversity, for their service to our children, and for their refusal to be defeated by unfounded and unfair political assaults, the Louisiana Federation of Teachers names all 80,000 Louisiana teachers and school employees as the 2012 Friends of Education,” LFT President Steve Monaghan announced.

LFT welcomes its newest chapter, the Iberia Federation

The Louisiana Federation of Teachers welcomed its newest local affiliate, the Iberia Federation of Teachers and Support Personnel, at the LFT convention on November 18.

Convention speakers discuss issues

Three speakers at the 48th Annual LFT Convention brought important messages about issues that are important to teachers and school employees.

LFT attorney briefs convention on lawsuits

LFT General Counsel Larry Samuel gave the convention a report on the two lawsuits filed to halt Gov. Bobby Jindal’s signature education bills from the 2012 legislative session.

Act 1, which Jindal calls the “talent” bill, bases virtually every aspect of a teacher’s professional life on testing and evaluation, including a controversial way of evaluating some teachers called the “Value Added Model.”

Act 2, called the

Lawmakers discuss school employees and the Jindal agenda

Another immoral, unconstitutional, inadequate funding formula for Louisiana's K-12 schools

Hear what education historian Diane Ravitch has to say about the Jindal agenda!

New procedures, partnerships will aid school safety, LFT says

California court rules in favor of Filipino teachers in Louisiana

State judge tosses out part of Jindal’s education overhaul

State of the Union:” Public education under attack

Louisiana's educators named "Friends of Education"

LFT welcomes its newest chapter, the Iberia Federation

Convention speakers discuss issues