Monthly Archives: February 2013

 Kansas HB 2263 is ALEC legislation proposing special education vouchers in Kansas. Here’s a post from Northeast Indiana Friends of Public Education. We agree with it. Here is a powerful letter to Rep. Jim Lucas from our friend and public educati…on advocate, Cathy Fuentes-Rohwer: Dear Rep. Lucas, I have watched...

In an opinion piece submitted to the Wichita Eagle Sen. Susan Wagle says that when “paycheck protections” were enacted in Utah, union political donations dropped 75%. Prohibiting voluntary payroll deductions is not about protecting employees, its about silencing dissent. In Kansas, it’s about silencing a group that will advocate for...

This week alone, for example, [Kansas legislators] have been considering whether to prohibit the implementation of Common Core academic standards, hold back third-graders not reading at grade level, and recalculate how the state distributes funding meant to help at-risk students. It would be irresponsible to make such decisions without hearing from the...

“Poverty must not be a bar to learning and learning must offer an escape from poverty.” –Lyndon B. Johnson  ...