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Justice Dept. tries to stop Louisiana school vouchers
Associated Press ^ | Aug. 24, 2013 7:32 PM EDT

Posted on 08/24/2013 11:26:37 PM PDT by Olog-hai

The U.S. Justice Department is trying to stop the state from distributing school vouchers in any district that remains under a desegregation court order.

In papers filed Saturday in U.S. District Court in New Orleans, the Justice Department said Louisiana distributed vouchers in 2012-13 to nearly 600 public school students in districts that are still under such orders, and “many of those vouchers impeded the desegregation process.”

Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal called the department’s action “shameful” and said President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder “are trying to keep kids trapped in failing public schools against the wishes of their parents.” …

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: bobbyjindal; doj; ericholder; schoolvouchers

1 posted on 08/24/2013 11:26:38 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

The parents must not vote for democrats under any circumstance ever they will screw them every time.


2 posted on 08/24/2013 11:39:31 PM PDT by funfan
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To: Olog-hai

Welcome to the “Just us” dept.


3 posted on 08/25/2013 12:36:41 AM PDT by JCBreckenridge
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To: Olog-hai

If black parents want better schools voting Democrat won’t help.


4 posted on 08/25/2013 12:41:05 AM PDT by RginTN
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To: wintertime

ping!


5 posted on 08/25/2013 1:58:09 AM PDT by BlackElk (Dean of Discipline, Tomas de Torquemada Gentlemen's Society: Rack 'em, Danno)
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To: Olog-hai

AND here is the real agenda - ONE WORLD EDUCATION

Common Core – The Qatar Connection: A Wahhabi State Skypes With Your Children – Connect All Schools

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3058348/posts

http://www.maggiesnotebook.com/2013/08/common-core-the-qatar-connection-a-wahhabi-state-skypes-with-your-children/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

From article:
The acronyms for America’s New World Order education are mind-numbing – all the better to keep you from connecting who is connected to who/whom/which. First, I have found one source that connects Common Core Initiative Standards (CCIS) to “Connect All Schools,” and that is on the “Connect All Schools” website page titled One World Education (OWE).

Cross posting
U.S. government sues to block vouchers in some Louisiana school systems
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3058539/posts

DOJ Sues to Keep Louisiana Kids in Failing Schools
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3058533/posts

See Post 14
The Federal Takeover of Education
http://www.texasinsider.org/the-federal-takeover-of-education/


6 posted on 08/25/2013 5:28:56 AM PDT by Whenifhow
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