We’re still watching third/first grade retention. Brownback is not happy with some of the changes we like. We believe if legislative leaders are going to insist on importing education bills from Florida, the least we can do is look at them carefully and change them in a way that makes sense for Kansas. We don’t want to follow unproven “reform” models just because KPI, ALEC, or Jeb Bush’s FEE say we should. As Sen. Kelly said, “We need to let facts get in our way here.” http://cjonline.com/news/state/2013-03-27/brownback-not-thrilled-rewrite-reading-reform