Steve Rose’s look at what is likely to happen when the Kansas Supreme Court decides the Gannon case should be viewed in the context of the fact that the adequate funding numbers were derived by the legislature’s own studies, not the court, and that Kansas schools are facing very real consequences...
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No comments Monthly Archives: September 2013
Great funding graph from the Moderate Party of Kansas
Kansas public education underfunding is real and substantial. In the coming months some members of the Kansas legislature will attempt to spin this away, but Kansans who know the importance of public education must not be fooled. Kansas public schools face ever increasing demands both in terms of the level...
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Practical implications seem to be missing from multiple education policy discussions in Topeka. The main insurer for Kansas schools thinks the risks of having armed teachers is too great. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/06/19/4301948/armed-employees-could-cost-kansas.html...
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No comments Sign the Opportunity to Learn’s Education Declaration
We are among many who see the current education “reform” movement as misguided and harmful. Here’s a declaration you can sign to urge policymakers to support meaningful education policies. http://www.otlcampaign.org/education-declaration...
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