Do these two parents speak for you? There were the only two parents invited to testify at last week’s bizarre hearing on “Critical Pedagogy.” We’re still trying to come up with our own response, but here’s a summary from The Kansas Reflector. The voucher bill this hearing was designed to justify has a hearing in the House K-12 Education Budget Committee on Tuesday. Please pay attention. “Lawmakers in the Kansas House began laying the groundwork last week for redirecting taxpayer money from public to private schools by holding a two-hour hearing on complaints two parents have with diversity...
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We’re seeing a false accusation that parents don’t have access to what their children are being taught, and teachers lack transparency. Parents have more access to teachers and classroom material than they’ve ever had. The screenshots below are from one parent’s parent access Canvas account. Through these and similar programs, parents can access assignments, syllabi and more. Parents also have the email addresses for their children’s teachers. They can attend back to school nights, parent-teacher conferences, PTA meetings, and site council meetings. They can request meetings with teachers and principals. Their children also bring home their material in...
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Leave a Comment Looking for scandals that can serve a pre-existing political agenda
The sneaky anti-public education attacks are increasing in the Kansas legislature this week. One area we’re watching particularly is new “transparency” proposals. This piece connects the dots. Please educate yourself and engage with legislators as these bills start making their way through the legislature. “This raises the question of who actually wants this flood of new information. As a parent of two kids, I have more information about their teacher’s activities than I really need. Instead, the ‘transparency’ agenda serves those who are not on the parental email list, or who are not invited to the parent-teacher meetings....
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Hey parents, your reasonable school board members, your superintendents, and your teachers need your support. “Like other school boards, Gardner Edgerton has weathered mask mandate protests, legal threats, and hateful comments from the public during the pandemic. ‘We’ve been called names. We’ve been threatened. And it’s sad that it came to that,’ Stout told The Star. Two board members were so frustrated amid mask protests in late August that they walked out of a meeting and soon resigned. Disputes over COVID-19 protocols, school curriculum, and other national hot-button issues dominated the contentious school board elections in Johnson County...
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