Bobby Jindal

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal answers questions during a tour of areas affected by the 2010 BP oil spill in Blind Bay, Louisiana. STORY HIGHLIGHTS David Frum: Some advocate GOP should run a Latino candidate for VP He says GOP has a problem with Latino voters, but picking Rubio won't change that Frum says Republicans are more likely to gain votes with Bobby Jindal as candidate Editor's note: David Frum is a contributing editor at Newsweek and The Daily Beast and a CNN contributor. He is the...Read Full Story

Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA): President Obama "Never Ran Anything," Not Even a "Lemonade Stand" Before Elected President (Photo credit: Wikipedia) QUOTE OF THE DAY:  ”President Obama hasn’t run anything before he was elected President of the United States. Never ran a state, never a business, never ran a lemonade stand.” – Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R), during appearance on Fox News. Here’s my two cents — former president George W. Bush ran a state and a business, but the bottom of the...Read Full Story

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal answers questions during a tour of areas affected by the 2010 BP oil spill in Blind Bay, Louisiana. STORY HIGHLIGHTS David Frum: Some advocate GOP should run a Latino candidate for VP He says GOP has a problem with Latino voters, but picking Rubio won't change that Frum says Republicans are more likely to gain votes with Bobby Jindal as candidate Editor's note: David Frum is a contributing editor at Newsweek and The Daily Beast and a CNN contributor. He is the...Read Full Story

Gov. Bobby Jindal has remade the Louisiana public schools system with impressive speed over the past legislative session. Last week, he signed into law a suite of landmark reform bills that will likely change the direction of public education in Louisiana forever. But not all change is good, and critics say both Jindal's agenda and the strategy to move it come right from the playbook of conservative advocacy group ALEC, in an effort to revive Jindal's national political profile. Louisiana is...Read Full Story

Governor Bobby Jindal's divisive teacher reform legislation has passed and implementation now begins.  In just 23 days Governor Jindal and his machine pushed through a comprehensive education reform package that has drawn sharp criticism and vociferous protests from teachers around the state, many of whom feel targeted, attacked and betrayed by the governor.What was the rush?  Why the midnight votes and rushed sessions?  Why the limited debate and public input?Recently I was having dinner in...Read Full Story

The lightening pace of Governor Bobby Jindal's education reform has slowed a little bit.  The next step for the package is the Senate Education Committee which is expected to take up consideration of the bills possibly tomorrow. Via NOLA:The two bills were adopted by the House after a session that ran from 9 a.m. Thursday until early Friday.House Bill 974 by Rep. Steve Carter, R-Baton Rouge, which establishes new employment rules for teachers, was approved by a 64-40 vote, and House Bill 976...Read Full Story

When I saw a headline about how a teachers’ union’s leaders were pushing for a recall of Bobby Jindal, I immediately thought “He must be doing something right.”  It was no surprise that when I opened the article, I read about how he had recently signed some laws meant to actually improve education: Angie Bonvillain and Brenda Romero, teachers in Calcasieu Parish, have launched recalls for both over the education reform policies recently passed by the legislature. The policies include relaxing...Read Full Story

Last month Governor Bobby Jindal unveiled his plan for education reform in Louisiana.  Since then I've read nearly every thing I can get my hands on about the plan, both pro and con.  The discussion even motivated me to finally watch Waiting for Superman.  While I think all sides agree that something needs to be done, I still have more questions than answers about Jindal's plan. Full disclosure:  I'm a 16 year educator in the Louisiana public school system.  I've been at my current school...Read Full Story

Bobby Jindal is, literally, a Rhodes scholar. He is also a biology major who claims there is "no scientific theory" that explains how organic life comes from inorganic matter. You know, like abiogenesis through the formation of amino acids, most likely in the Eoarchean era.Read More... More on Mitt Romney 2012Read Full Story

This from Diane Ravitch at Bridging Differences:I went to Lafayette, La., last week to speak to the Louisiana School Boards Association. These men and women, representing their local schools from across the state, are trying to preserve public education in the face of an unprecedented onslaught by Gov. Bobby Jindal and the state's Republican-dominated legislature. Jindal has the backing of the state's corporate leaders, the nation's biggest foundations, and some powerful out-of-state...Read Full Story